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TETRAHEDRON
Volume 70, Issue 10, Pages 1855-1860Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.01.054
Keywords
The electrogenerated bases (EGBs); Electrosynthesis; Benzylideneaniline; Carbon dioxide; N-Bromoamino acid
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- Central South University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20973145, 21273190]
- Opening Topic Fund for Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Xiangnan Rare-Precious Metals Compounds and Applications [2012XGJSYB02]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [11JJ3019]
- Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province
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In this paper, the one-step synthesis of N-bromoamino acids has been developed by electrolyzing imines and carbon dioxide (4 MPa). The electrosynthesis was performed in an undivided cell with Ni cathode and Al sacrificial anode containing n-Bu4NBr-DMF as supporting electrolyte with a constant current at room temperature. The N-bromoamino acids were afforded in moderate to good yields rather than traditional a-amino acids. To explore the truth, some influenced factors (cathode materials, supporting electrolyte, and electricity etc.) were investigated. The experimental results indicated that the NH group of the alpha-amino acid could be deprotonated by alkyl anion R- (carbanion, a strong base), followed by the oxidation of hypobromous acid resulted from the two-step oxidation of the bromide ion at the anode, and produced the N-bromoamino acid. Finally, the reaction mechanism was briefly discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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