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Cercosporin-Photocatalyzed [4+1]- and [4+2]-Annulations of Azoalkenes Under Mild Conditions
Published on: July 17, 2020
Copper-mediated formally dehydrative biaryl coupling of azine N-oxides and oxazoles
Riko Odani1, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University , Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Abstract:
A copper-mediated formally dehydrative biaryl coupling of azine N-oxides and oxazoles has been developed. The C-C bond-forming process proceeds, accompanied by the removal of the oxygen atom from the azine core, to directly afford the azine-oxazole biaryl linkage. Moreover, this system requires no noble transition metals such as palladium and rhodium, which are common promotors in the related dehydrogenative couplings with the azine N-oxide. Thus, the present protocol can provide a unique and less expensive approach to the azine-containing biheteroaryls of substantial interest in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry.
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