Late-stage diversification strategy for synthesizing ynamides through copper-catalyzed diynylation and azide-alkyne cycloaddition

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Jan 5;59(4):450-453. doi: 10.1039/d2cc05575a.

Abstract

A late-stage diversification strategy for synthesizing ynamides has been developed. This strategy was enabled by the copper-catalyzed direct electrophilic diynylation of sulfonamides with a novel triisopropylsilyl diynyl benziodoxolone, deprotection, and the late-stage chemoselective copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition sequence, which yields various complex molecule-derived ynamides with pyrene, amino acid, nucleoside, and N-acetylglucosamine as substituents.

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Azides* / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Copper* / chemistry
  • Cycloaddition Reaction

Substances

  • Azides
  • Copper
  • Alkynes