Photoinduced Remote Functionalization of Amides and Amines Using Electrophilic Nitrogen Radicals was written by Morcillo, Sara P.;Dauncey, Elizabeth M.;Kim, Ji Hye;Douglas, James J.;Sheikh, Nadeem S.;Leonori, Daniele. And the article was included in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in 2018.Electric Literature of C14H9NO2S This article mentions the following:
The selective functionalization of C(sp3)-H bonds at distal positions to functional groups is a challenging task in synthetic chem. Reported here is a photoinduced radical cascade strategy for the divergent functionalization of amides and protected amines. The process is based on the oxidative generation of electrophilic amidyl radicals and their subsequent transposition by 1,5-H-atom transfer, resulting in remote fluorination, chlorination and, for the first time, thioetherification, cyanation, and alkynylation. The process is tolerant of most common functional groups and delivers useful building blocks that can be further elaborated. The utility of this strategy is demonstrated through the late-stage functionalization of amino acids and a dipeptide. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 2-(Phenylthio)isoindoline-1,3-dione (cas: 14204-27-4Electric Literature of C14H9NO2S).
2-(Phenylthio)isoindoline-1,3-dione (cas: 14204-27-4) belongs to indole derivatives. Indole could be stereoselectively alkylated with chiral cyclopentyl sulfone reagent. More than 200 indole derivatives have already been marketed as drugs or are under advanced stages of clinical trials.Electric Literature of C14H9NO2S
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