{"title":"Phosphine-Mediated de Novo Arylamidation of α-Allylic Allenoates and Isocyanates via Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexene Access to Aryl Amides.","authors":"Xuling Pan,You Huang","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.5c01354","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Amides are highly valuable structural units in pharmaceuticals and organic materials. Despite enormous progress in this field, de novo construction of aryl amides is underdeveloped. Here we present a phosphine-mediated arylamidine of α-allylic-substituted allenoates with isocyanates. This methodology features broad substrate scope, simple experimental operation, high efficiency, and good functional group tolerance. Isolation experiments on bicyclo[3.1.0]hexene, coupled with deuterium experiments, clarify a stepwise pathway involving ring-opening and aromatization processes, with the ring-opening step identified as crucial for achieving the aryl amides. The synthetic utility of this protocol has been further demonstrated by carrying out several downstream transformations and a concise formal synthesis of the benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) molecule.","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","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.5c01354","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Amides are highly valuable structural units in pharmaceuticals and organic materials. Despite enormous progress in this field, de novo construction of aryl amides is underdeveloped. Here we present a phosphine-mediated arylamidine of α-allylic-substituted allenoates with isocyanates. This methodology features broad substrate scope, simple experimental operation, high efficiency, and good functional group tolerance. Isolation experiments on bicyclo[3.1.0]hexene, coupled with deuterium experiments, clarify a stepwise pathway involving ring-opening and aromatization processes, with the ring-opening step identified as crucial for achieving the aryl amides. The synthetic utility of this protocol has been further demonstrated by carrying out several downstream transformations and a concise formal synthesis of the benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) molecule.
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