Research Progress of Carbonyl α-Position Amination

alpha-Amino carbonyl derivatives are an important class of molecular backbones found in many pharmaceuticals and natural product molecules, meanwhile, they are also an essential kind of intermediates for the synthesis of many organic molecules. To develop simple and efficient method for the synthesis of structurally diversity alpha-amino carbonyl derivatives of great importance, the amination reactions of carbonyl alpha-position hydrocarbon bond in recent decades are classified and summarized based on the different activation patterns experienced by the reactions. These reactions are mainly divided into four categories: electrophilic amination, oxidative amination, halide mediated amination, and electrochemical amination.

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This article classifies and summarizes different methods for the synthesis of α-amino carbonyl derivatives, providing new insights for the synthesis of diverse compounds in this class.