Synlett 2018; 29(18): 2432-2436
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610293
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

(Diacetoxyiodo)benzene-Mediated Transition-Metal-Free Amination of C(sp3)–H Bonds Adjacent to Heteroatoms with Azoles: Synthesis of N-Alkylated Azoles

Bin Sun
a   Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China
,
Zhiyang Yan
b   College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China   Email: jincan@zjut.edu.cn   Email: pharmlab@zjut.edu.cn
,
Can Jin*
b   College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China   Email: jincan@zjut.edu.cn   Email: pharmlab@zjut.edu.cn
,
Weike Su*
a   Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China
b   College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China   Email: jincan@zjut.edu.cn   Email: pharmlab@zjut.edu.cn
› Author Affiliations
We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21606202) for financial support. We are also grateful to the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology and the Advanced Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Zhejiang Province for their financial help.
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Publication History

Received: 29 August 2018

Accepted after revision: 04 September 2018

Publication Date:
01 October 2018 (online)


Abstract

A novel PhI(OAc)2-mediated cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction of α-C(sp3)–H bonds adjacent to a hetero atom with various azoles has been developed, which provides an alternative method for constructing C–N bonds with high atom efficiency. This new protocol requires no metal catalyst and it provides ready access to a wide range of N-alkylated azole derivatives in moderate to excellent yields by using commercially available PhI(OAc)2 as the sole oxidant. Furthermore, the method is effective on a gram scale, which highlights the practicality of this transformation. The result of radical-captured experiments indicated that the transformation might involve a free-radical pathway.

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