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Efficient Synthesis of Nitrile Compounds through Amide Conversion via N-Boroamide Intermediates

  • Yang Li ,
  • Yanan Dong ,
  • Yuehui Li
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  • a State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Laboratory, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000
    b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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Received date: 2023-07-20

  Revised date: 2023-09-22

  Online published: 2023-10-12

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(22022204); National Natural Science Foundation of China(21633013); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22072167); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22202218)

Abstract

HBpin is used as a boronizing reagent and formal dehydrating agent is reported for the first time. CsF was used as a catalyst to achieve the dehydration and conversion of primary amides, and various nitrile compounds were obtained with good to excellent yields. This method is easy to operate, and the yield of the target product in the gram scale amplification experiment is 96%. The catalytic system exhibits good compatibility with various functional groups, such as halogen, trifluoromethyl, heterocycle, and amino group. These results indicate that this method has good application potential. Mechanism studies have shown that the in-situ generation of N-boroamide intermediates and H2 is the key to the smooth occurrence of the reaction. And, the formation of thermodynamically stable B-O-B anhydride and nitrile product is the driving force of this transformation.

Cite this article

Yang Li , Yanan Dong , Yuehui Li . Efficient Synthesis of Nitrile Compounds through Amide Conversion via N-Boroamide Intermediates[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024 , 44(2) : 638 -643 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202307020

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