Various aromatic and heterocyclic oxazolines were directly converted to respective cyanomethyl esters with pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide in water at room temperature.
The first oxidativecoupling of alkylnitriles with aromatic carboxylicacids using di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) as oxidant was achieved under the catalysis of ionic Fe(III) complexes bearing an imidazolinium cation. This protocol features nontoxic iron catalysis, direct α-C(sp3)–H bond oxidative esterification of alkylnitriles, non-prefunctionalized starting materials, and a broad substrate scope
Cyanoacetic Acid as a Masked Electrophile: Transition-Metal-Free Cyanomethylation of Amines and Carboxylic Acids
作者:Hongxiang Wang、Ying Shao、Hao Zheng、Hanghang Wang、Jiang Cheng、Xiaobing Wan
DOI:10.1002/chem.201502733
日期:2015.12.7
Using cyanoaceticacid as a maskedelectrophile, a new cyanomethylation reaction of amines and carboxylicacids was developed, producing a variety of α‐aminonitriles and cyanomethyl esters with good yields and excellent functionality tolerance. This protocol features simple manipulation, inexpensive reagents, and a wide substrate scope. Iodoacetonitrile was generated in situ from the iodination–decarboxylation