Synthesis 2022; 54(24): 5445-5450
DOI: 10.1055/a-1920-3041
paper

A Three-Component Approach to (Hetero)arenes with Two N-Containing Heterocycle Motifs

Yuliang Zhang
a   East China University of Science and Technology Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China
,
Yang Zhang
a   East China University of Science and Technology Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China
,
Hong Qiu
a   East China University of Science and Technology Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China
,
Liqin Wang
a   East China University of Science and Technology Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China
,
Xizhen Ge
c   College of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100023, P. R. of China
,
Zhen Wang
b   College of Pharmacy, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. of China
,
Xinhong Yu
a   East China University of Science and Technology Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21476078), Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 12431900902) and the Key Research and Development Project of Shandong Province (No. 2017YYSP027).


Abstract

A one-pot, three-component reaction involving SNAr-decarboxylative redox isomerization starting from an electron-withdrawing group bearing fluorobenzaldehyde or fluorothiophenecarbaldehyde (electron-pair diacceptor), secondary amine, and trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline or indoline-2-carboxylic acid (electron-pair donor) has been developed to give N-[(pyrrolylmethyl)-substituted (het)aryl]- and N-[(indolyl­methyl)-substituted (het)aryl]pyrrolidines, -piperidines, -morpholines, and -azocanes. The highlights of this protocol are its great convenience in the simultaneous construction of a C(sp2)–N bond and a C(sp3)–N bond with simple operation; the reaction can be performed on a gram scale. This efficient one-pot multicomponent reaction has potential as a novel method for drug synthesis, especially involving polycyclic compounds.

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Publication History

Received: 08 June 2022

Accepted after revision: 08 August 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
08 August 2022

Article published online:
09 September 2022

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