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Copper-Catalyzed Remote Sulfonylation of 1-Naphthylamides with Sodium-Sulfinates

  • Xiang Zhou ,
  • Rujian Yu ,
  • Jiantao Wang ,
  • Xiangwen Liao ,
  • Yanshi Xiong
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  • Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013
† These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received date: 2021-06-15

  Revised date: 2021-07-21

  Online published: 2021-08-19

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Department Education Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province(GJJ190619); Department Education Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province(GJJ201143); PhD Research Startup Foundation of Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University(2019BSQD016)

Abstract

A simple and mild copper-catalyzed sulfonylation of naphthalen-1-amine with sodium and lithium sulfinates is reported. In the presence of iodine as oxidant a highly site-selective C—H functionalization at the C(4) position took place. The reaction proceeded readily mild conditions and various sulfones were synthesized in moderate to high yields.

Cite this article

Xiang Zhou , Rujian Yu , Jiantao Wang , Xiangwen Liao , Yanshi Xiong . Copper-Catalyzed Remote Sulfonylation of 1-Naphthylamides with Sodium-Sulfinates[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 , 41(11) : 4370 -4377 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202106030

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