Direct reductive coupling of secondary amides: chemoselective formation of vicinal diamines and vicinal amino alcohols

作者:Huang Pei Qiang*; Lang Qi Wei; Wang Ai E; Zheng Jian Feng
来源:Chemical communications, 2015, 51(6): 1096-1099.
DOI:10.1039/c4cc08330j

摘要

We report the first one-pot reductive homocoupling reaction of secondary amides and cross-coupling reaction of secondary amides with ketones to give secondary vicinal diamines and amino alcohols. This method relies on the direct generation of alpha-amino carbon radicals from secondary amides by activation with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride, partial reduction with triethylsilane and samarium diiodide-mediated single-electron transfer. The reactions were run under mild conditions and tolerated several functional groups.