Synthesis 2013; 45(4): 463-470
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317984
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of Cyclic α-Aminophosphonates through Copper-Catalyzed Enamine Activation

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Received: 17 October 2012

Accepted after revision: 12 December 2012

Publication Date:
17 January 2013 (online)


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Abstract

A copper-catalyzed tandem-cyclization-triggered addition strategy that relies on electrophilic enamine activation has been used to synthesize various cyclic α-aminophosphonate derivatives in good to excellent yields. Both five- and six-membered rings can be generated under mild conditions with high regioselectivity. A mechanism based on copper-catalyzed enamine activation is proposed.

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