Ir(III)/MPAA-Catalyzed Mild and Selective C-H Amidation of N-Sulfonyl Ketimines: Access To Benzosultam-Fused Quinazolines/Quinazolinones.

Ir(III)-catalyzed unprecedented mild C-H amidation for weakly coordinating cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines, accelerated by a mono protected l-amino acid, has been developed. The method uses 1,4,2-dioxazol-5-ones as the robust amidating reagent in conjunction with a catalytic amount of silver triflate. It is highly selective and does not require a stoichiometric amount of oxidants or additives. A series of mechanistic experiments was performed to gain some insights into the reaction mechanism. The strategy provides easy access to novel benzosultam-quinazoline and benzosultam-quinazolinone hybrid scaffolds endowed with pharmaceutically relevant features.

Rhodium-Catalyzed sp2 C-H Acetoxylation of N-Aryl Azaindoles/N-Heteroaryl Indolines.

A silver- and copper-free rhodium-catalyzed C-H acetoxylation reaction of azaindoles has been achieved at near ambient temperature employing PIDA as a nonmetallic acetoxy source. The method is highly selective, efficient, and scalable and requires acetic anhydride as the sole additive. The scope of the reaction has been successfully tested with a wide array of medicinally important heterocyclic scaffolds with diverse functional group tolerance. A series of kinetic experiments was conducted to gain detailed insight into the reaction mechanism. The methodology developed could be successfully expanded for C7-acetoxylation of indoline derivatives using pyrimidine as a detachable directing group for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyindole.

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct and Selective C-H Cyanation of N-(Hetero)aryl-7-azaindoles.

An efficient, highly regioselective, and scalable ruthenium-catalyzed o-aryl C-H mono-cyanation of N-aryl-7-azaindoles to form N-(2-cyanoaryl)-7-azaindoles has been developed through N-directed ortho C-H activation using N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide as cyanating reagent in the presence of AgOTf and NaOAc in DCE. A range of substrates has furnished cyanated azaindoles in good to excellent yields under the simple reaction conditions. Involvement of C-H metalation has been supported by a kinetic study. This methodology provides easy access to a class of pharmaceutically significant molecules and their precursors.