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The alkylation and heteroarylation of unactivated tertiary, secondary, and primary C(sp3)-H bonds was achieved by employing an acridinium photoredox catalyst along with readily available pyridine Noxides as hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) precursors under visible light. Oxygen-centered radicals, generated by single-electron oxidation of the Noxides, are the proposed key intermediates whose reactivity can be easily modified by structural adjustments. A broad range of aliphatic C-H substrates with electron-donating or -withdrawing groups as well as various olefinic radical acceptors and heteroarenes were well tolerated.
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A highly regio- and diastereoselective (4 + 2)-cycloannulation process of indanone-derived 2-hydroxy ketoxime ethers with 1,4-bisnucleophilic indol-2-ylamides has been developed. In the presence of 5 mol % FeCl3, densely functionalized 2-piperidinones containing two new σ-bonds and two vicinal quaternary stereogenic centers were formed under mild reaction conditions in a one-pot operation. Moreover, most of the products directly precipitated out of the solution and were isolated by simple filtration without purification by column chromatography.
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The synthesis of all-carbon-substituted, quaternary stereocenters through Lewis acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of cyclic and acyclic 2-hydroxy oxime ethers proceeds under mild reaction conditions and with high yields. Moreover, the oxime ether moiety can be easily manipulated into various functional groups through subsequent modifications.
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The rapid assembly of molecular complexity continues to be at the forefront of novel reaction development. In the pursuit of that goal, we herein report a novel Sc(OTf)3 -catalyzed, one-pot multicomponent reaction that furnishes complex multicyclic 2-pyrrolines with excellent overall yields and perfect diastereocontrol. This process is based on our previously established (2+2+1)-cycloannulation of in situ generated 1-azaallyl cations, 1,3-dicarbonyls and primary amines. The newly formed and highly reactive aminal moiety is readily substituted with indoles and pyrroles both as external and internal π-nucleophiles to provide densely functionalized N-heterocycles with four new σ-bonds and two vicinal quaternary stereogenic centers. In addition, DFT calculations have been conducted to further characterize the intermediate 1-azaallyl cations.
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The first Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed dehydration of 2-hydroxy oxime ethers to generate benzylic stabilized 1-azaallyl cations, which are captured by 1,3-carbonyls, is described. A subsequent addition of primary amines in a sequential three-component reaction affords highly substituted and densely functionalized tetrahydroindeno[2,1- b]pyrroles as single diastereomers with up to quantitative yield. Thus, three new σ-bonds and two vicinal quaternary stereogenic centers are generated in a one-pot operation.
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We report herein the first Lewis acid-catalyzed generation of 2-amidoallyl cations through ring-opening of 4-benzylidene-2-oxazolines with Sc(OTf)3. Upon nucleophilic addition of indoles, indolylenamides were obtained with yields of 60-99% and excellent (Z)-selectivity. In addition, the novel strategy was also successfully applied to pyrroles and naphthols as π-nucleophiles. A Brønsted acid-catalyzed process using TfOH formed in situ was ruled out by control experiments.
