Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Cascade Annulation for Divergent Syntheses of Imidazoles and Dihydroimidazoles

Gaochen Xu, Chenglong Jia, Xuemei Wang, Huan Yan, Sai Zhang, Qinghuan Wu, Ning Zhu, Jindian Duan, Kai Guo

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Abstract

The first example of divergent N-heterocycle syntheses through a copper-catalyzed three-component reaction of α,β-unsaturated ketoximes, paraformaldehyde, and amines has been documented. In particular, this divergent synthetic strategy was achieved by controlling the reaction conditions to afford the corresponding imidazoles and dihydroimidazoles in moderate to good yields with a broad substrate scope and good functional group compatibility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1060-1065
Number of pages6
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Feb 2022

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