Modular synthesis of N-vinyl benzotriazoles
Govindra Singh1, Rakesh Kumar, Jorge Swett
1Department of Chemistry, The City College and The City University of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031-9198, USA.
Abstract:
A modular approach to N1-vinyl benzotriazoles by azide-aryne cycloadditions and Julia-Kocienski reactions is described. Reactions of azidomethyl phenyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl (PT) sulfide with arynes gave methyl(PT-sulfanyl)-substituted benzotriazoles in 68-89% yields. Oxidation of the sulfides to the sulfones gave the benzotriazole-substituted Julia-Kocienski reagents. Olefination reactions of aldehydes and a ketone with reagents derived from benzyne, 2,3-naphthyne, and 4,5-dimethoxybenzyne precursors proceeded to give various N1-vinyl benzotriazole derivatives. Olefination stereoselectivities are tunable for electron-rich aldehydes, but not for electron-deficient aldehydes and alkanals, where they proceed with good to excellent Z-stereoselectivity.
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