Silver(i)-catalyzed sequential hydroamination and Prins type cyclization for the synthesis of fused benzo-δ-sultams

Recent Advances in Catalytic Synthesis of Benzosultams

Benzosultams represent one category of multi-heteroatom heterocyclic scaffolds, which have been frequently found in pharmaceuticals, agricultural agents, and chiral catalysts. Given the diversely significant functions of these compounds in organic and medicinal chemistry, great efforts have been made to develop novel catalytic systems for the efficient construction of benzosultam motifs over the past decades. Herein, in this review, we mainly summarize the recent advances in the field of catalytic synthesis of benzosultams from 2017 to August of 2020, with an emphasis on the scopes and mechanisms of representative reactions.

Transition-Metal-Free Tandem Cyclization/N-Arylation Reaction: A Method To Access Biaryl Sultam Derivatives via a Diradical Pathway

A novel procedure for the transition-metal-free tandem cyclization/N-arylation reaction sequence of an aryne with a 1,2,3,4-benzothiatriazine-1,1-dioxide is reported. This reaction goes through the intramolecular homolytic cyclization to generate an N-H biaryl sultam intermediate, which enables aryne insertion to access diversely functionalized biaryl sultam derivatives with high yields. The mechanism study indicates that homolytic cyclization is executed by a diradical species, initiated from the thermal decomposition of 1,2,3,4-benzothiatriazine-1,1-dioxide to release a nitrogen molecule.

Studies on the preparation of aminobipyridines and bipyridine sultams via an intramolecular free radical pathway

A variety of aminated bipyridines and bipyridine sultams are prepared by intramolecular radical [1,5]-ipso and [1,6]-ortho substitutions, using a sulfonamide as a linker to connect the pyridyl radical to the pyridine under attack. For the cases studied, different regiochemistries are observed depending on the initial position of the sulfonamide linker.

Results show that intramolecular radical [1,5]-ipso and [1,6]-ortho substitutions offer a method for the preparation of aminobipyridines or bipyridine sultams.