Stereoselective C(2)-Vinylation of 1-Substituted Imidazoles with 3-Phenyl-2-propynenitrile
摘要:
First examples of direct vinylation of 1-substituted imidazoles at the 2-position of the imidazole nucleus are described. 1-Substituted imidazoles la-e are C(2)-vinylated with 3-phenyl-2-propynenitrile (2) at room temperature without catalyst and solvent to afford 3-(1-organyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-3-phenyl-2-propenenitriles 3a-e, mainly (c.a. 95%) as (Z)-isomers, in 56-88% yield. The reaction is likely to involve the zwitterionic intermediates, which prototropically isomerizes to imidazole carbene and eventually undergoes the selective 3,2-shift of the functionalized vinyl substituent.
(Z)-1-Organyl-2-(2,4-dicyano-1,3-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)imidazoles from 1-substituted imidazoles with phenylcyanoacetylene
作者:Boris A. Trofimov、Lyudmila V. Andriyankova、Kseniya V. Belyaeva、Anastasiya G. Mal’kina、Lina P. Nikitina、Andrei V. Afonin、Igor A. Ushakov
DOI:10.1016/j.mencom.2009.01.017
日期:2009.1
1-Substituted imidazoles (R = Me, Et, Ph) react (20-25 degrees C) with phenylcyanoacetylene to afford the 1:2 adducts, (Z)-1-organyl2-(2,4-dicyano-1,3-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)imidazoles, in 10-20% yields, along with the 1:1 adducts, (Z)-1-organyl-2-(2-cyano-1-phenylethenyl)imidazoles.