Chemoselective Intermolecular Cross-Enolate-Type Coupling of Amides
Author(s) -
Daniel Kaiser,
Christopher J. Teskey,
Pauline Adler,
Nuno Maulide
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/jacs.7b08813
Subject(s) - chemistry , umpolung , electrophile , intermolecular force , nucleophile , amide , chemoselectivity , functional group , catalysis , coupling (piping) , combinatorial chemistry , computational chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , mechanical engineering , polymer , engineering
A new approach for the synthesis of 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds is reported. Chemoselective activation of amide carbonyl functionality and subsequent umpolung via N-oxide addition generates an electrophilic enolonium species that can be coupled with a wide range of nucleophilic enolates. The method conveys broad functional group tolerance on both components, does not suffer from formation of homocoupling byproducts and avoids the use of transition metal catalysts.
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