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A General Platform for Copper-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Addition with Electron-Deficient Olefins
Hannah C Wendlandt1, Jacob A Utley1, Byung Joo Lee1
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
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We disclose a broad platform for copper-catalyzed atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) of electron-deficient olefins. Catalytic Cu(dtbbpy)2(OTf)2 enables radical addition of electron-deficient alkyl halides to acrylates, acrylamides, and vinyl sulfones in fair to excellent yields. The resultant ATRA products can be used in a variety of telescoped reactions, including substitution with basic amine nucleophiles to afford α-amino esters. The synthetic utility of the products is further demonstrated through derivatization to give substituted cyclopropanes and a γ,δ-unsaturated ester.
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