A transition metal‐free approach for the N‐arylation of amino acid derivatives has been developed. Key to this method is the use of unsymmetricdiaryliodoniumsalts with anisyl ligands, which proved important to obtain high chemoselectivity and yields. The scope includes the transfer of both electron deficient, electron rich and sterically hindered aryl groups with a variety of different functional
Aza-[1,2]-Wittig rearrangements of N-benzyl glycine methyl esters. A new approach to the synthesis of N-aryl phenylalanine derivatives
作者:Renata K. Everett、John P. Wolfe
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.037
日期:2015.6
Treatment of N-(arylmethyl)-N-aryl glycine methyl ester derivatives with Bu2BOTf and (Pr2NEt)-Pr-i effects an aza-[1,2]-Wittig rearrangement that provides N-aryl phenylalanine methyl esters in good yields. Analogous substrates bearing N-carbonyl groups are converted to 1,4,2-oxazaborole derivatives under similar conditions. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Compounds by Ruthenium Porphyrin Catalyzed Amination of Benzylic C–H Bonds
Herein we report the catalytic activity of ruthenium porphyrin complexes to promote the amination of benzylic C-H bonds by aryl azides, yielding alpha- and beta-amino esters. The catalytic methodology is also effective to synthesize two derivatives of methyl L-3-phenyllactate in order to convert one of them into the corresponding beta-lactam. The catalytic experimental conditions have been optimized on the basis of a preliminary mechanistic investigation which underlines the pivotal role of the substrate concentration to maximize the reaction productivity.