Metal-Free Reductive Cleavage
of N-O Bonds in Weinreb Amides by an Organic
Neutral Super-Electron Donor

Sylvain P. Y. Cutulic; John A. Murphy; Hardeep Farwaha; Sheng-Ze Zhou; Ewan Chrystal

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1078240

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Metal-Free Reductive Cleavage of N-O Bonds in Weinreb Amides by an Organic Neutral Super-Electron Donor

Sylvain P. Y. Cutulic^a, John A. Murphy*^a, Hardeep Farwaha^a, Sheng-Ze Zhou^a, Ewan Chrystal^b
^a WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK
Fax: +44(141)5484822; e-Mail: John.Murphy@strath.ac.uk;
^b Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell RG42 6EY, UK

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The scope of neutral organic super-electron donors as reducing agents has been extended to include the reductive cleavage of N-O bonds in Weinreb amides. This methodology proved to be applicable to a large array of substrates to afford their reduced counterparts in good to excellent yields. The variation in reactivity within the set of tested amides is rationalised.

Key words

electron transfer - Weinreb amide - reduction - pyridinylidene

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