A General Alkene Aminoarylation Enabled by N-centred Radical Reactivity of Sulfinamides

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Journal Nat Chem

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2024 Jan 16

PMID 38228850

Authors

Efrey A Noten

Cody H Ng

Robert M Wolesensky

Corey R J Stephenson

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Abstract

Arylethylamines are popular structural elements in bioactive molecules but are often made through a linear series of synthetic steps. A modular protocol to assemble arylethylamines from alkenes in one step would represent a useful advance in discovery chemistry, though current limitations preclude a generally applicable method. In this work we disclose an aminoarylation of alkenes using aryl sulfinamide reagents as bifunctional amine and arene donors. This reaction features excellent regioselectivity and diastereoselectivity on a variety of activated and unactivated substrates. Using a weakly oxidizing photocatalyst, a nitrogen radical is generated under mild conditions and adds to an alkene to form a new C-N bond. A desulfinylative aryl migration event known as a Smiles-Truce rearrangement follows to form a new C-C bond. In this manner, arylethylamines can be rapidly assembled from abundant alkene feedstocks. Moreover, chiral information from the sulfinamide can be transferred via rearrangement to a new carbon stereocentre in the product, thus advancing the development of traceless asymmetric alkene difunctionalization.

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