Kornfeind J, Allen JE, Keller TM, Fleming FF. Heterocycles via SiCl
4-Promoted Isocyanide Additions to Oxonitriles.
J Org Chem 2023;
88:15947-15955. [PMID:
37938807 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.3c02210]
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Abstract
SiCl4 promotes isocyanide additions to oxoalkenenitriles to selectively generate 3-acylpyrroles, 2-aminofurans, or pyrrolidinones. Cyclic oxoalkenenitriles add 2 equiv of an isocyanide that installs the two core atoms of an acylpyrrole and a nitrile substituent, whereas acyclic oxoalkenenitriles add 1 equiv of an isocyanide to afford 2-aminofurans; subsequent air oxidation generates pyrrolidinones via a furan oxygenation-cleavage-cyclization sequence. The syntheses proceed under mild conditions to rapidly access three richly decorated heterocycles.
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