established using sodium hydride (NaH) in the presence of sodium iodide (NaI) under mild reaction conditions. The present protocol with the NaH‐NaI composite allows for reduction of not only aromatic and heteroaromatic but also aliphatic N,N‐dimethylamides with wide substituent compatibility. Retention of α‐chirality in the reduction of α‐enantioriched amides was accomplished. Use of sodium deuteride (NaD)
Transition‐Metal‐Free Reductive Functionalization of Tertiary Carboxamides and Lactams for α‐Branched Amine Synthesis
作者:Derek Yiren Ong、Dongyang Fan、Darren J. Dixon、Shunsuke Chiba
DOI:10.1002/anie.202004272
日期:2020.7.13
A new method for the synthesis of α‐branched amines by reductive functionalization of tertiary carboxamides and lactams is described. The process relies on the efficient and controlled reduction of tertiary amides by a sodium hydride/sodiumiodide composite, in situ treatment of the resulting anionic hemiaminal with trimethylsilyl chloride and subsequent coupling with nucleophilic reagents including