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One-Pot Synthesis of α-Amino Bisphosphonates from Nitriles via Tf2O/HC(OR)3-Mediated Interrupted Ritter-Type Reaction
Ya-Cheng Hong1, Jian-Liang Ye1, Pei-Qiang Huang1
1Department of Chemical Biology and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A versatile synthesis of α-amino bisphosphonates has been achieved through one-pot interrupted Ritter-type reaction under mild conditions. The reactive Ritter intermediate nitrilium is in situ generated by treatment of nitrile with readily accessible Tf2O/HC(OR1)3, which is trapped by phosphite ester to deliver the desired product. This protocol is efficient, scalable, and well compatible with a broad scope of substrates. In addition, plentiful characteristic JP-C couplings including unusual five-bond long-range 5JP-C and 3JP-C across quaternary carbon and hetero (N) atoms were observed in 13C NMR spectra.
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