One-pot functionalisation of N-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines by photooxidation and tunable organometallic trapping of iminium intermediates

Autor: Joshua P. Barham, Matthew P. John, John A. Murphy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 2981-2988 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.316
Popis: Nucleophilic trapping of iminium salts generated via oxidative functionalisation of tertiary amines is well established with stabilised carbon nucleophiles. The few reports of organometallic additions have limited scope of substrate and organometallic nucleophile. We report a novel, one-pot methodology that functionalises N-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines by visible light-assisted photooxidation, followed by trapping of the resultant iminium ions with organometallic nucleophiles. This affords 1,2-disubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines in moderate to excellent yields.
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