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Gold Catalysis: Products and Intermediates Obtained from N ‐Propargylcarboxamides Bearing Additional Substituents on Nitrogen
Author(s) -
Hashmi A. Stephen K.,
Molinari Lise,
Rominger Frank,
Oeser Thomas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201100179
Subject(s) - chemistry , anhydrous , catalysis , nitrogen , nitrogen atom , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , reactive intermediate , oxygen atom , reaction intermediate , atom (system on chip) , aqueous solution , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , ring (chemistry) , molecule , computer science , embedded system
The reaction of several propargylamide substrates with additional substituents on the nitrogen atom was investigated. Under aqueous conditions acyloxy‐substituted allylammonium salts could selectively be obtained. Monitoring of the reactions by 1 H NMR spectroscopy indicated the presence of an intermediate. Then switching to anhydrous reaction conditions allowed the isolation and characterization of these intermediates, oxazoliniminium species. Workup of the allylammonium salts under basic conditions led to an acyl transfer from the oxygen atom to the nitrogen atom, which proves that these products are not formed by a direct gold‐catalysed hydration of the triple bond only, and at the same time nicely explains the selective monohydration of only one out of two triple bonds.