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Preparation of Stable Bicyclic Aziridinium Ions and Their Ring-Opening for the Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Published on: August 22, 2018
Iron(III)-promoted aza-Prins-cyclization: direct synthesis of six-membered azacycles
Rubén M Carballo1, Miguel A Ramírez, Matías L Rodríguez
1Instituto Universitario de Bio-Organica Antonio Gonzalez, Universidad de La Laguna, C/Astrofísico Francisco Sanchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] A new iron(III) halide-promoted aza-Prins cyclization between gamma,delta-unsaturated tosylamines and aldehydes provides six-membered azacycles in good to excellent yields. The process is based on the consecutive generation of gamma-unsaturated-iminium ion and further nucleophilic attack by the unsaturated carbon-carbon bond. Homoallyl tosylamine leads to trans-2-alkyl-4-halo-1-tosylpiperidine as the major isomer. In addition, the alkyne aza-Prins cyclization between homopropargyl tosylamine and aldehydes gives 2-alkyl-4-halo-1-tosyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridines as the only cyclic products.
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