Synlett 2021; 32(07): 713-717
DOI: 10.1055/a-1326-6973
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Ynoate-Initiated Selective C–N Esterification of Tertiary Amines under Transition-Metal and Oxidant-Free Conditions

Feixiang Sun
a   College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. of China
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Huangdi Feng
a   College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. of China
c   Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Textile Chemistry and Cleaner Production, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. of China
,
Liliang Huang
a   College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. of China
,
Junhai Huang
a   College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. of China
b   State Key Laboratory of New Drug and Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, 201203, P. R. of China
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078192, 31702070), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (19ZR1437900), and Shanghai University of Engineering Science (E3-0903-19-01366).


Abstract

An efficient and selective method for metal- and oxidant-free deaminated esterification of tertiary amines is presented. In this protocol, ynoates play a key role to activate the Csp3–N bond through a process of in situ generation of zwitterionic salts. The transformations show that Csp3–N bond in the zwitterionic species has a lower dissociation energy than Csp2–N bond, leading to break preferentially and be trapped by carboxylic acids to generate the corresponding products in moderate to good yield.

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Eingereicht: 24. Oktober 2020

Angenommen nach Revision: 01. Dezember 2020

Accepted Manuscript online:
01. Dezember 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
05. Januar 2021

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