Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Amination of Heteroarenes via C-H Alumination
Hongju Yoon and Yunmi Lee*
*Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897,
Republic of Korea, Email: ymleekw.ac.kr
H. Yoon, Y. Lee, J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 10244-10251.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01863
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Abstract
CuCl catalyzes a highly efficient electrophilic amination reaction of readily available heteroarenes with O-benzoyl hydroxylamines via a one-pot C-H alumination to afford various heteroaryl amines in very good yields. The reaction can be performed in a single vessel on gram scales.
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Key Words
arylation, benzofurans, benzothiophenes, indoles
ID: J42-Y2015