Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Late-Stage Azidoarylation of Alkenes via Arylthianthrenium Salts.

ABSTRACT: The arylethylamine pharmacophore is conserved across a range of biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals, particularly in molecules that act on the central nervous system. Herein, we present a photoinduced copper-catalyzed azidoarylation of alkenes at a late stage with arylthianthrenium salts, allowing access to highly functionalized acyclic (hetero)arylethylamine scaffolds that are otherwise difficult to access. A mechanistic study is consistent with a rac-BINAP-Cu^I-azide (2) as the photoactive catalytic species. We show the utility of the new method by the expedient synthesis of racemic melphalan in four steps through C-H functionalization.

SUBMITTER: Cai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10311530 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature