Barbier Continuous Flow Preparation and Reactions of Carbamoyllithiums for Nucleophilic Amidation

Maximilian A. Ganiek, Matthias R. Becker, Guillaume Berionni, Hendrik Zipse, Paul Knochel

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Abstract

An ambient temperature continuous flow method for nucleophilic amidation and thioamidation is described. Deprotonation of formamides by lithium diisopropylamine (LDA) affords carbamoyllithium intermediates that are quenched in situ with various electrophiles such as ketones, allyl bromides, Weinreb and morpholino amides. The nature of the reactive lithium intermediates and the thermodynamics of the metalation were further investigated by ab initio calculations and kinetic experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10280-10284
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume23
Issue number43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • acidity
  • amidation
  • Barbier reaction
  • flow chemistry
  • lithiation

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