Copper-Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of β-Homoprolines from N-Fluoro-sulfonamides

Org Lett. 2020 Mar 6;22(5):1889-1893. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00227. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Abstract

A new methodology for the carbonylative transformation of N-fluoro-sulfonamides into N-sulfonyl-β-homoproline esters has been described. In the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(OTf)2, a range of β-homoproline derivatives were prepared in moderate to good yield. The reaction proceeds via the intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular carbonylation of a free carbon radical. Notably, this procedure offers the possibility to build potential functionalized bioactive molecules.