Nguyen VT, Nguyen VD, Haug GC, Vuong NTH, Dang HT, Arman HD, Larionov OV. Visible-Light-Enabled Direct Decarboxylative N-Alkylation.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020;
59:7921-7927. [PMID:
32050048 PMCID:
PMC7200280 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201916710]
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Abstract
The development of efficient and selective C-N bond-forming reactions from abundant feedstock chemicals remains a central theme in organic chemistry owing to the key roles of amines in synthesis, drug discovery, and materials science. Herein, we present a dual catalytic system for the N-alkylation of diverse aromatic carbocyclic and heterocyclic amines directly with carboxylic acids, by-passing their preactivation as redox-active esters. The reaction, which is enabled by visible-light-driven, acridine-catalyzed decarboxylation, provides access to N-alkylated secondary and tertiary anilines and N-heterocycles. Additional examples, including double alkylation, the installation of metabolically robust deuterated methyl groups, and tandem ring formation, further demonstrate the potential of the direct decarboxylative alkylation (DDA) reaction.
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