Synthesis 2015; 47(02): 159-174
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379396
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide: An Efficient Nitrogen Source for C–N Bond Formation

Yan Li
Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Road, Changchun, 130024, P. R. of China   Email: zhangq651@nenu.edu.cn   Fax: ??Fax??
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Qian Zhang*
Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Road, Changchun, 130024, P. R. of China   Email: zhangq651@nenu.edu.cn   Fax: ??Fax??
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Publication History

Received: 04 September 2014

Accepted after revision: 14 October 2014

Publication Date:
20 November 2014 (online)


Abstract

N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide, an efficient nitrogen source, has been successfully employed as a source of nucleophilic nitrogen or nitrogen radicals for the formation of C–N bonds. This review summarizes recent progress in this field.

1 Introduction

2 NFSI as a Source of Nucleophilic Nitrogen

3 NFSI as a Source of Nitrogen Radicals

4 Other Amination Reactions

5 Conclusions