Artigo Revisado por pares

Ring Lithiation and Functionalization of Imidazol-2-ylidene-boranes

2011; American Chemical Society; Volume: 13; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ol202516c

ISSN

1523-7060

Autores

Andrey Solovyev, Emmanuel Lacôte, Dennis P. Curran,

Tópico(s)

Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Resumo

N,N'-dialkyl and N,N'-diaryl imidazol-2-ylidene-boranes and trifluoroboranes are rapidly lithiated at C4 of the imidazole ring, and the resulting intermediates have been quenched with an assortment of electrophiles to provide ring-functionalized imidazol-2-ylidene-boranes. Further deprotonation and functionalization of C5 have been demonstrated. Deboronation of the products by treatment with triflic acid or iodine and then methanol opens a route to C4/C5 functionalized imidazolium salts and imidazol-2-ylidenes.

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