Benzylic C(sp3)-H/C(sp3)-H Coupling with 2-Azaallyl Anions through Single-Electron Transfer and 1,5-Hydrogen Atom
Dongxiang Liu1, Bijun Wang1, Cuirong Qin1
1Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Research and Development for Natural Products, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Herein is reported a novel transition-metal-free intermolecular C(sp3)-H/C(sp3)-H coupling of N-tert-butyl arylamides with N-benzyl imines through single-electron transfer (SET) and 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer (1,5-HAT) strategies. 2-Azaallyl anions as super-electron-donors (SEDs) undergo SET with N-tert-butyl arylamides to generate 2-azaallyl radicals and amidyl radicals. The amidyl radical undergoes a 1,5-HAT process to form a C-centered radical, which is subsequently coupled to a 2-azaallyl radical to generate new C-C bonds. This method avoids the use of transition metals and photoredox catalysts with good functional group tolerance and yields (29 examples, 87% yield). Radical clock and radical trapping experiments provide significant evidence for the 1,5-HAT process of amidyl radicals.
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