A Novel Modified Cross-Coupling of Phenols and Amines Using Dichloroimidazolidinedione (DCID)

Phenols are considered as an ideal alternative to aryl halides as coupling partners in cross-coupling reactions. In the present work a copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of phenols with various aromatic and aliphatic amines for the synthesis of secondary aryl amines using dichloroimidazolidinedione (DCID) as a new and efficient activating agent has been developed. Substituted phenols were compatible with the standard reaction conditions. The two proposed mechanisms, which are based on the oxidation addition of copper with Ar-OMCID (MCID: Monochloroimidazolidinedione), are also discussed.

Carbodiimide-based synthesis of N-heterocycles: moving from two classical reactive sites to chemical bond breaking/forming reaction

Carbodiimides are a unique class of heterocumulene compounds that display distinctive chemical properties. The rich chemistry of carbodiimides has drawn increasing attention from chemists in recent years and has made them exceedingly useful compounds in modern organic chemistry, especially in the synthesis of N-heterocycles. This review has outlined the extensive application of carbodiimides in the synthesis of N-heterocycles from the 1980s to today. A wide range of reactions for the synthesis of various types of N-heterocyclic systems (three-, four-, five-, six-, seven-, larger-membered and fused heterocycles) have been developed on the basis of carbodiimides and their derivatives.