Synthesis of N-acyl-N,O-acetals from N-aryl amides and acetals in the presence of TMSOTf
摘要:
Secondary amides undergo in situ silyl imidate formation mediated by TMSOTf and an amine base, followed by addition to acetal acceptors to provide N-acyl-N,O-acetals in good yields. An analogous, high-yielding reaction is observed with 2-mercaptothiazoline as the silyl imidate precursor. Competing reduction of the acetal to the corresponding methyl ether via transfer hydrogenation can be circumvented by the replacement of CY2NMe with 2,6-lutidine under otherwise identical reaction conditions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.