Direct Primary Amination of Alkylmetals with NH-Oxaziridine

Org Lett. 2018 Dec 21;20(24):8064-8068. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03734. Epub 2018 Dec 10.

Abstract

A method for the primary electrophilic amination of primary, secondary, and tertiary organometallic substrates from a bench-stable NH-oxaziridine reagent is described. This facile and highly chemoselective transformation occurs at ambient temperature and without transition metal catalysts or purification by column chromatography to provide alkylamine products in a single step. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that, despite the basicity of alkylmetals, the direct NH-transfer pathway is favored over proton and O-transfer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amination
  • Amines / chemical synthesis*
  • Amines / chemistry
  • Aziridines / chemistry*
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amines
  • Aziridines
  • Organometallic Compounds