Volume 54, Issue 22 pp. 6545-6549
Communication

Palladium(0)/PAr3-Catalyzed Intermolecular Amination of C(sp3)H Bonds: Synthesis of β-Amino Acids

Jian He

Jian He

Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)

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Toshihiko Shigenari

Toshihiko Shigenari

Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)

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Prof. Dr. Jin-Quan Yu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Jin-Quan Yu

Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)

Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)Search for more papers by this author
First published: 14 April 2015
Citations: 115

We gratefully acknowledge The Scripps Research Institute and NSF under the CCI Center for Selective CH Functionalization, and CHE-1205646 for financial support.

Graphical Abstract

Zero in: The title reaction begins with oxidative addition of R2NOBz to a Pd0/PAr3 catalyst and subsequent cleavage of a C(sp3)H bond by the generated PdNR2 intermediate. The catalytic cycle proceeds without the need for external oxidants. The electron-deficient triarylphosphine ligand is crucial for this C(sp3)H amination reaction to occur. Bz=benzoyl.

Abstract

An intermolecular C(sp3)H amination using a Pd0/PAr3 catalyst was developed. The reaction begins with oxidative addition of R2NOBz to a Pd0/PAr3 catalyst and subsequent cleavage of a C(sp3)H bond by the generated PdNR2 intermediate. The catalytic cycle proceeds without the need for external oxidants in a similar manner to the extensively studied palladium(0)-catalyzed CH arylation reactions. The electron-deficient triarylphosphine ligand is crucial for this C(sp3)H amination reaction to occur.

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