Chiral alpha-tertiary amines can be accessed directly through the electrophilic amination of alpha-branched ketones utilizing di-tert-butyl azodicarboxylate as the electrophilic nitrogen source. This process, catalyzed by a dinuclear zinc-ProPhenol complex, proceeds under mild reaction conditions and with a diverse range of vinyl ketones. The reactions can be run on gram-scale with reduced catalyst loadings and feature a recoverable ligand. The hydrazine products are shown to undergo chemoselective N-N bond cleavage without reduction of the alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone, revealing chiral alpha-amino ketones.
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Title
Asymmetric Electrophilic Amination and Hydrazination of Acyclic α-Branched Ketones for the Formation of α-Tertiary Amines and Hydrazines
Publication Details
ACS catalysis, Vol.9(12), pp.11082-11087
Resource Type
Journal article
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Number of pages
11
Grant note
Tamaki Foundation
Chugai Pharmaceuticals
Stanford Chemistry Department Summer Research Fellowship