LETTER	Synlett 2006: 2290-2292   DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949638
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Comparison of Copper(II) Acetate Promoted N-Arylation of 5,5-Dimethyl Hydantoin and Other Imides with Triarylbismuthanes and Aryl Boronic Acids
Helmut M. Hügel*, Colin J. Rix, Karin Fleck
School of Applied Sciences (Applied Chemistry), RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia Fax: +61(3)99253747; e-Mail: helmut.hugel@rmit.edu.au;
Received 12 June 2006

Abstract

This work demonstrates that the copper acetate promoted N-arylation of imides with boronic acids can be employed as a ­major method for the synthesis of N₃-aryl hydantoins.

Key words

arylations - imides - hydantoins - organoboron chemistry - organometallic reagents