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Published on: January 3, 2018
Electrooxidative Hofmann Rearrangement of Phthalimides to Access Anthranilate Derivatives
Jie Wang1, Yonghong Zhang1, Bin Wang1
1Urumqi Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis and Synthesis Technology, Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, Ministry of Education & Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A simple and efficient electrooxidative Hofmann rearrangement reaction of phthalimides was developed. Anthranilate derivatives were synthesized in moderate to good yields under green and mild conditions using phthalimides as a rearrangement precursor. This approach not only provides a strategy for synthesizing anthranilates and deuterated anthranilate derivatives with high deuteration efficiency but also realizes efficient conversion at the gram scale. A possible reaction mechanism is proposed.
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