Synlett 2018; 29(20): 2643-2647
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611041
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Synthesis of 1-Aza-6,7-dehydrotropanes via Copper(I)-Catalyzed Coupling of 5-Chloropentan-2-one with Hydrazines and Terminal Alkynes

Wim E. Van Beek
a   Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium   Email: Kourosch.AbbaspourTehrani@uantwerpen.be
,
Karel Weemaes
a   Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium   Email: Kourosch.AbbaspourTehrani@uantwerpen.be
,
Wouter A. Herrebout
b   Research group Molecular Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
,
Christophe M. L. Vande Velde
c   Faculty of Applied Engineering, Advanced Reactor Technology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
,
Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani*
a   Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium   Email: Kourosch.AbbaspourTehrani@uantwerpen.be
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This work was financed by the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT-Flanders), the University of Antwerp (BOF), and the Hercules Foundation (project AUGE/11/029 ‘3D-SPACE: 3D Structural Platform Aiming for Chemical Excellence’).
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Publication History

Received: 23 August 2018

Accepted after revision: 25 September 2018

Publication Date:
24 October 2018 (online)


Abstract

A one-pot, three-component, Cu(I)-catalyzed coupling of primary hydrazines, 5-chloropentan-2-one, and terminal alkynes was developed. The resulting 1-aza-6,7-dehydrotropanes compose a new class of substances while related 1-azatropanes are scarcely described in literature and closely resemble tropane alkaloids. Hydrogenation of the double bond in 1-aza-6,7-dehydrotropanes triggered a rearrangement, involving a [1,3]-hydride shift, forming cyclic hydrazones.

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