Expanding the Scope of Intramolecular Silver-catalyzed Nitrene Transfer
Author | : Emily Zerull Schroeder |
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Release | : 2024 |
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Nitrene transfer (NT) is a convenient strategy to directly transform C-H bonds into more valuable C-N bonds. Intramolecular NT reactions offer access to various N-heterocycles which are common in drugs and natural products. Many of these heterocycles can also be transformed into useful building blocks such as amino alcohols or diamines. However, the high reactivity of nitrenes often results in reactions that are primarily controlled by substrate identity, rendering these reactions less useful. This work will describe our attempts to use silver catalysts to control reactions with challenging selectivity problems such as asymmetric reactions and dearomatization reactions. Chapter 1 features a broad look at the history of transition metal catalyzed NT, followed by a more in-depth discussion of intramolecular asymmetric NT variants. Chapter 2 describes the use of silver salts ligated to an unusual, quaternary-centered bis(oxazoline) (BOX) ligand, readily accessible through a modular synthetic approach, which enables site- and enantioselective nitrene transfers into benzylic, allylic and unactivated C-H bonds of carbamate esters. The resulting 1,3-aminoalcohol building blocks are delivered in good yields and moderate-to-excellent enantioselectivities. Computational models were employed to rationalize the observed stereochemical outcomes and set the stage for the predictive design of second-generation Ag-BOX catalysts. Chapter 3 presents a combination of silver-catalysts that are able to preferentially undergo either a dearomatization event to form bicyclic azepine structures or an insertion event into the benzylic C(sp3)-H bond. This chemoselective reaction requires the use of carbamimidate precursors featuring a large sulfamate protecting group, which allows the reaction to be controlled by a combination of ligand sterics and electronics.