Leaving Group Ability in Nucleophilic Aromatic Amination by Sodium Hydride-Lithium Iodide Composite

Jia Hao Pang, Derek Yiren Ong, Kohei Watanabe, Ryo Takita*, Shunsuke Chiba

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The methoxy group is generally considered as a poor leaving group for nucleophilic substitution reactions. This work verified the superior ability of the methoxy group in nucleophilic amination of arenes mediated by the sodium hydride and lithium iodide through experimental and computational approaches.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-398
Number of pages6
JournalSynthesis
Volume52
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry

Keywords

  • concerted aromatic substitution
  • DFT calculations
  • methoxy group
  • nucleophilic amination
  • sodium hydride

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