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Liu A, Ma D, Qian Y, Li J, Zhai S, Wang Y, Chen C. A powerful azomethine ylide route mediated by TiO 2 photocatalysis for the preparation of polysubstituted imidazolidines. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:2192-2197. [PMID: 33625413 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02277b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Lewis- and Brønsted-acid catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between azomethine ylides and unsaturated compounds is an important strategy to construct five-membered N-heterocycles. However, such a catalytic route usually demands substrates with an electron-withdrawing group (EWG) to facilitate the reactivity. Herein, we report a TiO2 photocatalysis strategy that can conveniently prepare five-membered N-heterocyclic imidazolidines from a common imine (N-benzylidenebenzylamine) and alcohols along the route of 1,3-dipolaron azomethine ylide but without pre-installed EWG substituents on the substrates. Our EPR results uncovered the previously unknown mutual interdependence between an azomethine ylide and TiO2 photo-induced hvb+/ecb- pair. This transformation exhibited a broad scope with 21 successful examples and could be scaled up to the gram level.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anan Liu
- Basic Experimental Centre for Natural Science, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China and School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fucheng Road 11, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fucheng Road 11, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fucheng Road 11, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fucheng Road 11, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fucheng Road 11, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, 100190, China
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