Synthesis 2016; 48(10): 1541-1549
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561402
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Iron-Catalyzed One-Pot N-Aroylation of NH-Sulfoximines with Methylarenes through Benzylic C–H Bond Oxidation

Madithedu Muneeswara
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 036, India   Email: gsekar@iitm.ac.in
,
Surya Srinivas Kotha
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 036, India   Email: gsekar@iitm.ac.in
,
Govindasamy Sekar*
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 036, India   Email: gsekar@iitm.ac.in
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Publication History

Received: 08 October 2015

Accepted after revision: 11 February 2016

Publication Date:
22 March 2016 (online)


Abstract

An efficient catalytic method has been developed for the synthesis of N-aroylated sulfoximines from readily available toluenes (methylarenes) as source of the aroyl coupling partner and NH-sulfoximines, employing an environmentally benign iron catalyst. This protocol involves oxidation of benzylic C–H bonds of toluenes to generate aroyl radical intermediates followed by oxidative coupling with NH-sulfoximines to form N-aroylated sulfoximines in good to excellent yields. The intermediate aroyl radical is successfully trapped with TEMPO to prove the radical pathway of the reaction.

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