High-Temperature Continuous-Flow Zincations of Functionalized Arenes and Heteroarenes Using (Cy2N)(2)Zn center dot 2LiCl

Becker, Matthias R. and Knochel, Paul (2016): High-Temperature Continuous-Flow Zincations of Functionalized Arenes and Heteroarenes Using (Cy2N)(2)Zn center dot 2LiCl. In: Organic Letters, Vol. 18, No. 6: pp. 1462-1465

Abstract

The treatment of sensitive arenes and heteroarenes with the zinc bis-amide (Cy2N)(2)Zn center dot 2LiCl (0.55 equiv), prepared in quantitative yield by the reaction of Cy2NLi with ZnCl2, leads under flow conditions to a fast zincation within 10 min at temperatures between 25 and 100 degrees C. The resulting organozinc reagents can be trapped with various organic halides (allylic bromides, aryl iodides) in high yields. Moreover, complementary metalation regioselectivities can be obtained for several substituted pyridines compared to commonly used LiCl-activated TMP-zinc (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl) and -magnesium bases.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 1523-7060
• Language: English