Substituted diarylmethylamines by stereospecific intramolecular electrophilic arylation of lithiated ureas

Jonathan Clayden, Jérémy Dufour, Damian M. Grainger, Madeleine Helliwell

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    Abstract

    On lithiation, N-benzyl ureas varying N′-aryl substituents undergo a migration of the aryl ring to the ∞ carbon of the N-benzyl group. With chiral, enantiomerically pure N-∞-methylbenzyl ureas, the rearrangement is stereospecific and creates a new, fully substituted stereogenic center ∞ to N. Removal of the urea function by N-nitrosation and hydrolysis allows the synthesis of chiral tertiary carbinamines in high enantiomeric purity. Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)7488-7489
    Number of pages1
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume129
    Issue number24
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2007

    Keywords

    • TERT-BUTANESULFINYL KETIMINES
    • ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS
    • CHIRAL AMINES
    • IMINES
    • REARRANGEMENTS
    • ALKYLATIONS
    • METALATION
    • REAGENTS

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