Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 United States
J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01983
Publication Date (Web): April 14, 2015
Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society
Abstract
We
report a manganese-catalyzed aliphatic C–H azidation reaction that can
efficiently convert secondary, tertiary, and benzylic C–H bonds to the
corresponding azides. The method utilizes aqueous sodium azide solution
as the azide source and can be performed under air. Besides its
operational simplicity, the potential of this method for late-stage
functionalization has been demonstrated by successful azidation of
various bioactive molecules with yields up to 74%, including the
important drugs pregabalin, memantine, and the antimalarial artemisinin.
Azidation of celestolide with a chiral manganese salen catalyst
afforded the azide product in 70% ee, representing a Mn-catalyzed
enantioselective aliphatic C–H azidation reaction. Considering the
versatile roles of organic azides in modern chemistry and the ubiquity
of aliphatic C–H bonds in organic molecules, we envision that this
Mn-azidation method will find wide application in organic synthesis,
drug discovery, and chemical biology.
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