Issue 40, 2019

Saturated oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles via oxidative coupling of alkyltrifluoroborates with alkenols, alkenoic acids and protected alkenylamines

Abstract

Saturated heterocycles are important components of many bioactive compounds. The method disclosed herein enables a general route to a range of 5-, 6- and 7-membered oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles by coupling potassium alkyltrifluoroborates with heteroatom-tethered alkenes, predominantly styrenes, under copper-catalyzed conditions, in the presence of MnO2. The method was applied to the synthesis of the core of the anti-depressant drug citalopram. The reaction scope and observed reactivity is consistent with a polar/radical mechanism involving intermolecular addition of the alkyl radical to the alkene followed by [Cu(III)]-facilitated C–O (or C–N) bond forming reductive elimination.

Graphical abstract: Saturated oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles via oxidative coupling of alkyltrifluoroborates with alkenols, alkenoic acids and protected alkenylamines

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
11 Jun 2019
Accepted
17 Aug 2019
First published
19 Aug 2019
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 9265-9269

Saturated oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles via oxidative coupling of alkyltrifluoroborates with alkenols, alkenoic acids and protected alkenylamines

J. M. Shikora, C. Um, Z. M. Khoder and S. R. Chemler, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 9265 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC02835H

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