Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2017,13, 1446–1455, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.142
facilitates the cleavage of the highly polar Cα–P+ bond.
Keywords: N-(1-arylalkyl)imides; α-imidoalkylating agents; imidoalkylation reactions; 1-imidoalkylphosphonium salts; Tscherniac–Einhorn-type reaction; Introduction
The aminomethylation of C–H acidic compounds by the condensation of non-enolizable
-imidoalkylphosphonium salts 5 applied in the Tscherniac–Einhorn-type reaction with aromatic hydrocarbons as a model reaction. The obtained N-(1-arylalkyl)imides can easily be transformed to the corresponding primary 1-arylalkylamines, following the well-known procedures developed for the Gabriel synthesis of primary
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Transformation of 1-(N-imido)alkyltriarylphosphonium salts 5 to N-(1-arylalkyl)imides 9; general procedure: A suspension of 1-(N-imido)alkyltriarylphosphonium salt 5 (0.1 mmol) in an aromatic compound (1 cm3) was placed in a glass vial sealed with a screw-cap. To improve the solubility of the
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1:
α-Amidoalkylation reactions under basic or acidic conditions.