Convenient and Practical Alkynylation of Heteronucleophiles with Copper Acetylides
摘要:
Copper acetylides, readily available reagents which are characterized by their lack of reactivity, can be simply activated by oxidation with oxygen in the presence of simple nitrogen ligands such as TMEDA or imidazole derivatives. Upon activation, these nucleophilic species undergo a formal umpolung and can transfer their alkyne subunit to a wide range of heteronucleophiles, including amides, oxazolidinones, imines, and dialkyl phosphites. This alkynylation, which provides one of the most practical entry to useful building blocks such as ynamides, ynimines, and alkynylphosphonates, proceeds under especially mild conditions and can be easily performed on a multigram scale.
Convenient and Practical Alkynylation of Heteronucleophiles with Copper Acetylides
摘要:
Copper acetylides, readily available reagents which are characterized by their lack of reactivity, can be simply activated by oxidation with oxygen in the presence of simple nitrogen ligands such as TMEDA or imidazole derivatives. Upon activation, these nucleophilic species undergo a formal umpolung and can transfer their alkyne subunit to a wide range of heteronucleophiles, including amides, oxazolidinones, imines, and dialkyl phosphites. This alkynylation, which provides one of the most practical entry to useful building blocks such as ynamides, ynimines, and alkynylphosphonates, proceeds under especially mild conditions and can be easily performed on a multigram scale.
3-(4-iodomethyl-2-oxo-1-azetidinyl)propynoic acidt-butyl ester: a new β-lactam derivative, synthesis of an ynamide by reaction of 4-iodomethylazetidin-2-one with the t-butyl ester of propiolic acid in the presence of copper(i)
The reaction of 4-iodomethylazetidin-2-one (2) with the t-butyl ester of propiolicacid (4) in the presence both of equimolar amounts of copper(I) and oxygen results unexpectedly in the fomation of the β-lactam ynamide 5. Its structure was suggested by spectroscopic data and confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis.
An original and user-friendly synthesis of alkynylphosphine-boranes, useful building blocks in organic synthesis, based on an oxidative P-alkynylation reaction with readily available copper acetylides is reported. The ability of a secondary phosphine protected with a borane to undergo oxidative coupling without oxidation of the P-moiety is demonstrated for the first time. The reaction, which proceeds at room temperature, is applicable to the preparation of enantioenriched and structurally complex alkynylphosphine-boranes.