Synthesis 2020; 52(20): 3065-3070
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707186
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Metal-Free Insertion of Sulfoxonium Ylides into Arylamines in Water

Hua He
a   West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. of China   Email: 413046786@qq.com
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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Kaichuan Yan
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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Jianglian Li
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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Ruizhi Lai
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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Yi Luo
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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Mei Guan
a   West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. of China   Email: 413046786@qq.com
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Yong Wu
b   Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17 Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. of China   Email: wyong@scu.edu.cn
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 81573286 and 81373259).
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Publication History

Received: 25 May 2020

Accepted after revision: 12 June 2020

Publication Date:
21 July 2020 (online)


Abstract

Carbenoid-based N–H insertions have undergone significant development with respect to C–N bond formation in recent years. However, the existing methods suffer from unstable starting materials, expensive metal catalysts and organic solvents. Herein, insertion of sulfoxonium ylides into arylamines under metal-free conditions has been developed. The method employs water as solvent at mild temperature and is amenable to the late-stage modification of structurally complex bioactive compounds.

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