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SUBMITTER: Gregson CHU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247891 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20210226 13
The azetidine moiety is a privileged motif in medicinal chemistry and new methods that access them efficiently are highly sought after. Towards this goal, we have found that azabicyclo[1.1.0]butyl carbinols, readily obtained from the highly strained azabicyclo[1.1.0]butane (ABB), can undergo divergent strain-release reactions upon N-activation. Treatment with trifluoroacetic anhydride or triflic anhydride triggered a semipinacol rearrangement to give keto 1,3,3-substituted azetidines. More than ...[more]