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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
Volume 363, Issue 11, Pages 2783-2795Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100236
Keywords
metal-free; direct amination; mild condition; charge transfer; oxygen-accelerated
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- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- Erasmus+ Scholarship
- Hector Fellow Academy
- Landesgraduiertenforderung of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg
- Projekt DEAL
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This study reports a metal-free method for aryl C-H amination using hydroxylamine derivatives under mild conditions, enabling highly chemoselective amination of arenes even in the presence of various functional groups. Oxygen played a crucial role in the reaction by accelerating the electron transfer step, as supported by experimental evidence and theoretical studies showing the involvement of a dioxygen-bridged complex in the reaction mechanism.
The synthesis of aryl amines via the formation of a C-N bond is an essential tool for the preparation of functional materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients and bioactive products. Usually, this chemical connection is only possible by transition metal-catalyzed reactions, photochemistry or electrochemistry. Here, we report a metal-free arene C-H amination using hydroxylamine derivatives under benign conditions. A charge transfer interaction between the aminating reagents TsONHR and the arene substrates enables the chemoselective amination of the arene, even in the presence of various functional groups. Oxygen was crucial for an effective conversion and its accelerating role for the electron transfer step was proven experimentally. In addition, this was rationalized by a theoretical study which indicated the involvement of a dioxygen-bridged complex with a Sandwich-like arrangement of the aromatic starting materials and the aminating agents at the dioxygen molecule.
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