CC BY-ND-NC 4.0 · SynOpen 2019; 03(04): 91-95
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611922
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Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Vinyl Azides to α-Ketoamides

Yu Wang
a   School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng224007, P. R. of China   Email: fangzhongxue120@163.com
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Dongling Zhang
a   School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng224007, P. R. of China   Email: fangzhongxue120@163.com
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Kaining Zhang
b   College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. of China   Email: liuzhenhua2012@163.com
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Zhenhua Liu
b   College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. of China   Email: liuzhenhua2012@163.com
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Jing Lin
a   School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng224007, P. R. of China   Email: fangzhongxue120@163.com
,
Wei Cao
a   School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng224007, P. R. of China   Email: fangzhongxue120@163.com
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Zhongxue Fang
a   School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng224007, P. R. of China   Email: fangzhongxue120@163.com
› Author Affiliations
The authors wish to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21605097), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2016BQ01), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M610442), and The Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (18KJB610021).
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Publication History

Received: 01 July 2019

Accepted after revision: 19 August 2019

Publication Date:
02 October 2019 (online)


Abstract

An efficient approach for the amination of vinyl azides with N,N-dialkylacylamides has been developed. By using this protocol, structurally important α-ketoamides can be easily synthesized. The key to success is not only the introduction of a Cu(I)/oxygen catalytic system but also the utilization of t-BuOCl and benzoic acid as additives. The reaction is operationally simple, scalable, and displays broad scope and functional group tolerance. A possible mechanism involving copper-catalyzed oxidative generation of peroxide radicals is proposed.

 
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