Alkoxide-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Cyclic Imides to Isoquinolines via Tandem Reduction and Rearrangement

Org Lett. 2018 Sep 21;20(18):5610-5613. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02287. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

Abstract

An alkoxide-catalyzed hydrosilylation of cyclic imides to isoquinolines was realized via tandem reduction and rearrangement. Using TMSOK as the catalyst and (EtO)2MeSiH as the reductant, a series of cyclic imides containing different functional groups were reduced to the corresponding 3-aryl isoquinolines in moderate to good yields. The scenario of the reaction pathway was supposed to involve the reduction of imides to ω-hydroxylactams, which underwent rearrangement in the presence of a base catalyst, and then the carbonyl reduction, followed by siloxy elimination.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't