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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7488-7489 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 129 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- TERT-BUTANESULFINYL KETIMINES
- ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS
- CHIRAL AMINES
- IMINES
- REARRANGEMENTS
- ALKYLATIONS
- METALATION
- REAGENTS