Highly Regioselective Aromatic C–H Allylation of N‑(Arylmethyl)sulfonimides with Allyl Grignard Reagents Involving Benzylic C–N Cleavage

A new pair of reaction partners has been established for the aromatic C–H functionalization of benzyl electrophiles with nucleophiles via palladium-catalyzed benzylic C–N cleavage. A range of N-(1-naphthylmethyl)­sulfonimides, N-(2-thienylmethyl)­sulfonimides, and N-(2-furanylmethyl)­sulfonimides sm...

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Published in:Organic letters 2021-09, Vol.23 (17), p.6877-6881
Main Authors: Zhu, Meng-Zeng, Xie, Dong, Tian, Shi-Kai
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Language:English
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Summary:A new pair of reaction partners has been established for the aromatic C–H functionalization of benzyl electrophiles with nucleophiles via palladium-catalyzed benzylic C–N cleavage. A range of N-(1-naphthylmethyl)­sulfonimides, N-(2-thienylmethyl)­sulfonimides, and N-(2-furanylmethyl)­sulfonimides smoothly underwent palladium-catalyzed aromatic C–H allylation with allyl Grignard reagents at room temperature, delivering structurally diverse substituted 1-allylnaphthalenes and 2-allylheteroarenes in moderate to excellent yields with extremely high regioselectivities. Replacing the N-(arylmethyl)­sulfonimide with an (arylmethyl)­ammonium salt, an arylmethyl chloride, or an arylmethyl phosphate as the benzyl electrophile leads to a dramatic erosion of the regioselectivity.
ISSN:1523-7060
1523-7052
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02437