Ring opening of photogenerated azetidinols as a strategy for the synthesis of aminodioxolanes

Autor: Henning Maag, Daniel J. Lemcke, Johannes M. Wahl
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1671-1676 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.148
Popis: α-Aminoacetophenones are identified as promising building blocks for the synthesis of highly substituted dioxolanes. The presented strategy is founded on the build and release of molecular strain and achieves a formal transposition of a methyl group. During light irradiation, 3-phenylazetidinols are forged as reaction intermediates, which readily undergo ring opening upon the addition of electron-deficient ketones or boronic acids. Key to the successful development of this two-step process is the identification of a benzhydryl-protecting group, which orchestrates the photochemical Norrish–Yang cyclization and facilitates the subsequent ring opening.
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