{"title":"N<sup>2</sup>-Alkylation of 1,2,3-Triazoles with Ethers under Thermodynamical Control.","authors":"Hui Zhang, Zijian Zhang, Lifang Tian, Yanfeng Han, Peijun Zhao, Honglei Yang, Jiawei Li, Guanglu Liu, Li-Li Zhu, Yahui Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04754","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein, a relay strategy incorporating oxidative cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) and N<sup>1</sup>- to N<sup>2</sup>-isomerization is disclosed for the formal N<sup>2</sup>-selective alkylation of triazoles with ethers under thermodynamic control conditions. By taking advantage of the different thermodynamical stabilities of N<sup>1</sup>- and N<sup>2</sup>-alkylated triazoles (3.65 kcal/mol), the initially formed N<sup>1</sup>-isomers can be <i>in situ</i> converted into their more stable N<sup>2</sup>-isomers when reaching thermodynamic equilibrium. PhI(OAc)<sub>2</sub> has been discovered to function as both an oxidant for the CDC process and an efficient mediator for the isomerization step.</p>","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":" ","pages":"1428-1433"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04754","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/31 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Herein, a relay strategy incorporating oxidative cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) and N1- to N2-isomerization is disclosed for the formal N2-selective alkylation of triazoles with ethers under thermodynamic control conditions. By taking advantage of the different thermodynamical stabilities of N1- and N2-alkylated triazoles (3.65 kcal/mol), the initially formed N1-isomers can be in situ converted into their more stable N2-isomers when reaching thermodynamic equilibrium. PhI(OAc)2 has been discovered to function as both an oxidant for the CDC process and an efficient mediator for the isomerization step.
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