Synthesis of 5-alkyl-5-aryl-γ-lactams from 1-aryl-substituted nitroalkanes and methyl acrylate via Michael addition and reductive lactamization
作者:Jingjing Xu、Xingyao Li、Jinlong Wu、Wei-Min Dai
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2014.04.074
日期:2014.6
A general method for accessing 5-alkyl-5-aryl-gamma-lactams has been developed using readily available aryl bromides, nitroalkanes, and methyl acrylate as the starting materials. The palladium-catalyzed arylation of nitroalkanes gave the 1-aryl-substituted nitroalkanes, which underwent the DBU-mediated Michael addition with methyl acrylate at room temperature to afford the methyl 4-aryl-4-nitroalkanoates. The latter were then subjected to the nitro reduction using NaBH4-NiCl2 center dot 6H(2)O in MeOH at 0 degrees C to furnish, after treatment with aqueous K2CO3 at room temperature, the 5-alkyl-5-aryl-gamma-lactams in good to excellent overall yields. Selected examples of N-alkylation of the gamma-lactams were also illustrated. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.