Rate-accelerated nonconventional amide synthesis in water: A practical catalytic aldol-surrogate reaction
Rate-accelerated nonconventional amide synthesis in water: A practical catalytic aldol-surrogate reaction
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200604358
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Chang, Sukbok
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作者:
Cho, Seung Hwan;Chang, Sukbok
The aldol reaction is a powerful method for installing βhydroxycarbonyl units, which are extremely versatile building blocks in organic synthesis.[1] Although tremendous progress has been made during the last few decades in the development of highly stereoselective aldol reactions, they usually rely on a similar basic strategy: the addition of enolizable carbonyl compounds to an aldehyde or ketone in the presence of promoters.[2] Accordingly, substrates containing labile functional groups are not amenable under conditions for enol formation.[3]Recently, we reported the highly efficient Cu-catalyzed three-component reactions of terminal alkynes, sulfonyl azides, and amines or alcohols to afford amidines or imidates.[4] It is believed at present that the reaction proceeds via a common ketenimine intermediate, which is generated from the copper-mediated intermolecular cycloaddition of azides and alkynes followed by the release of N2.[5] On the basis of this postulate, a novel nonconventional amide synthesis could be realized by allowing the plausible ketenimine intermediate to react with water.[6] We subsequently envisioned that application of this protocol to propargyl alcohol substrates might lead to β-hydroxy N-sulfonamides under mild and practical conditions. Since these components are not easily accessed through traditional aldol processes,[7] we anticipated that our approach would be an excellent aldol surrogate for the preparation of these synthetically versatile compounds. Our results are described herein (Scheme 1).[8] In initial studies we planned to examine the feasibility of performing the Cu-catalyzed hydrative amide synthesis in aqueous solvent systems, as the development of organic reactions in aqueous solvents is in strong demand these days. Additionally, reactions are frequently observed to be faster in aqueous solvent systems than in organic solvents.[9] Various reaction media were first scrutinized in a test reaction of 4-tert-butylphenylacetylene with p-toluenesulfonyl azide in the presence of CuI catalyst and triethylamine (Table1). We