Abstract
An efficient cobalt-catalyzed ring-opening reaction of bench-stable 1,2-oxazetidines with heteroarenes was unprecedentedly developed. The sustainable Cp∗Co(III) catalyst enables a distinctive merger of C-H activation with concomitant N-O and C-C cleavages of 1,2-oxazetidine, leading to site-selective C-H aminomethylation and hydroxymethylation of heteroaromatic compounds containing a broad range of functional groups. Preliminary control experiments unravel some essential mechanistic features of this one-pot transformation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1602-1606 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Mar 2019 |