Cobalt-Catalyzed N-O and C-C Bond Cleavage in 1,2-Oxazetidines: Solvent-Controlled C-H Aminomethylation and Hydroxymethylation of Heteroarenes

Song Li; Pengfei Shi; Rui Hua Liu; Xu Hong Hu; Teck Peng Loh

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00141

Cobalt-Catalyzed N-O and C-C Bond Cleavage in 1,2-Oxazetidines: Solvent-Controlled C-H Aminomethylation and Hydroxymethylation of Heteroarenes

Song Li, Pengfei Shi, Rui Hua Liu, Xu Hong Hu^*, Teck Peng Loh

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Abstract

An efficient cobalt-catalyzed ring-opening reaction of bench-stable 1,2-oxazetidines with heteroarenes was unprecedentedly developed. The sustainable Cp∗Co(III) catalyst enables a distinctive merger of C-H activation with concomitant N-O and C-C cleavages of 1,2-oxazetidine, leading to site-selective C-H aminomethylation and hydroxymethylation of heteroaromatic compounds containing a broad range of functional groups. Preliminary control experiments unravel some essential mechanistic features of this one-pot transformation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1602-1606
Number of pages	5
Journal	Organic Letters
Volume	21
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00141
Publication status	Published - Mar 15 2019
Externally published	Yes

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