Synthesis 2017; 49(03): 571-578
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588603
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Trimethylsilylamine-Acyl Fluoride Amide Bond Forming Protocol for Weakly Nucleophilic Amines that is Amenable to the Parallel Synthesis of Di(hetero)arylamides

Maryam Zamiri
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2405 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada   Email: dgrierso@mail.ubc.ca
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David S. Grierson*
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2405 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada   Email: dgrierso@mail.ubc.ca
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Publication History

Received: 30 June 2016

Accepted after revision: 31 August 2016

Publication Date:
29 September 2016 (online)


Abstract

The reaction of a 2-pyridinone-based acid fluoride with the N–TMS derivatives of different weakly nucleophilic heteroaryl/arylamines in acetonitrile containing catalytic fluoride ion provides a clean, efficient and simple means to access a diverse range of polar di(hetero)arylamide structures. This amide bond forming protocol is readily amenable to the parallel synthesis of compound libraries.

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