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SUBMITTER: Mbofana CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5356366 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mbofana Curren T CT Chong Eugene E Lawniczak James J Sanford Melanie S MS
Organic letters 20160816 17
We report the development of an iron-catalyzed method for the selective oxyfunctionalization of benzylic C(sp(3))-H bonds in aliphatic amine substrates. This transformation is selective for benzylic C-H bonds that are remote (i.e., at least three carbons) from the amine functional group. High site selectivity is achieved by in situ protonation of the amine with trifluoroacetic acid, which deactivates more traditionally reactive C-H sites that are α to nitrogen. The scope and synthetic utility of ...[more]