Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Imines: Phenoxide Assisted Deprotonation of an Imidazolium Moiety and Generation of Breslow Intermediates Derived from Imines

Autor: Hasan Koyuncu, Jean-Cédric Frison, Adrian C. Whitwood, Richard E. Douthwaite, Stevan Simonovic
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Organic Letters. 11:245-247
ISSN: 1523-7052
1523-7060
DOI: 10.1021/ol802572n
Popis: Reactions between imidazolium-imine salts and base result in C-C bond formation via intermediate N-heterocyclic carbenes. In the presence of a proximal OH moiety, carbene formation occurs via intramolecular deprotonation by phenoxide. For simple imines, a reactive Breslow-type intermediate gives access to new heterocycles with the formation of six- and seven-member rings.
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