A Copper-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Involving sp-Hybridized Carbons. A Direct Entry to Chiral Ynamides via N-Alkynylation of Amides
Michael O. Frederick, Jason A. Mulder, Michael R. Tracey, Richard P. Hsung,* Jian Huang, Kimberly C. M. Kurtz, Lichun Shen and Christopher J. Douglas
*Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55455, Email: hsung
chem.umn.edu
M. O. Frederick, J. A. Mulder, M. R. Tracey, R. P. Hsung, J. Huang, K. C. M. Kurtz, L. Shen, C. J. Douglas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 2368-2369.
DOI: 10.1021/ja021304j (free Supporting Information)

Abstract
A copper-catalyzed direct N-alkynylation of amides has been developed leading to a facile entry for syntheses of chiral ynamides.

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ID: J48-Y2003-1320
