Highly Chemoselective Reduction of Amides (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary) to Alcohols using SmI<sub>2</sub>/Amine/H<sub>2</sub>O under Mild Conditions
作者:Michal Szostak、Malcolm Spain、Andrew J. Eberhart、David J. Procter
DOI:10.1021/ja412578t
日期:2014.2.12
Highly chemoselective direct reduction of primary, secondary, and tertiary amides to alcohols using SmI2/amine/H2O is reported. The reaction proceeds with C–N bond cleavage in the carbinolamine intermediate, shows excellent functional group tolerance, and delivers the alcohol products in very high yields. The expected C–O cleavage products are not formed under the reaction conditions. The observed
An improved procedure for the aminocarbonylation of benzyl chloride derivatives using carbon monoxide and either primary or secondary amines has been developed. Studying the competing background alkylation reaction allowed the solvent and base to be selected for a simple catalyst screen, which, in turn, enabled the discovery of a method for the preparation of 2-arylacetamides under mild conditions