Synlett 2024; 35(03): 325-329
DOI: 10.1055/a-2153-6687
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Organic Chemistry Under Visible Light: Photolytic and Photocatalytic Organic Transformations

Visible-Light-Promoted Synthesis of Vinyloxaziridines from Conjugated Carbonyls

Brooke E. Austin
,
Ryan P. Palner
,
Elissa M. Tobias
,
Rufai Madiu
,
Erin L. Doran
,
Jenna M. Doran
,
Amari M. Howard
,
James L. Stroud
,
Morgan E. Rossi
,
Dylan A. Moskovitz
,
Dominic A. Rivera
,
Michael D. Mullen
,
Amy H. Zinsky
,
Rose A. Rosario
,
Gustavo Moura-Letts
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation CAREER and MRI awards: CHE-1752085 and CHE-1827938.


Abstract

We report the first visible-light-promoted synthesis of vinyloxaziridines from simple conjugated nitrones. We have found that vinyl nitrones formed by the condensation reaction between conjugated carbonyls and hydroxylamines undergo visible-light-promoted energy-transfer isomerization to the respective vinyloxaziridines in very high yields and selectivities. The reaction scope expands to a large array of substitution patterns, and evidence indicates that the proposed energy-transfer pathway is the predominant mechanism for this transformation.

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Publication History

Received: 31 May 2023

Accepted after revision: 14 August 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
14 August 2023

Article published online:
28 September 2023

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