Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kim HP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6321290 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20181206 12
A mild and highly efficient metal-free oxidative α-cyanation of <i>N</i>-acyl/sulfonyl 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) has been accomplished at an ambient temperature via DDQ oxidation and subsequent trapping of <i>N</i>-acyl/sulfonyl iminium ions with (<i>n</i>-Bu)₃SnCN. Employing readily removable <i>N</i>-acyl/sulfonyl groups as protecting groups rather than <i>N</i>-aryl ones enables a wide range of applications in natural product synthesis. The synthetic utility of the method was il ...[more]