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Org Lett. 2009 Feb 05;11(3):575-8. doi: 10.1021/ol802577z.

Facile 1,3-diaza-Claisen rearrangements of tertiary allylic amines bearing an electron-deficient alkene.

Organic letters

Rachel M Aranha, Amy M Bowser, Jose S Madalengoitia

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.

PMID: 19125576 DOI: 10.1021/ol802577z

Abstract

Tertiary allylic amines with an electron-deficient alkene react with isocyanates and isothiocyanates to give highly substituted ureas and thioureas arising from formal 1,3-diaza-Claisen rearrangements. Isocyanates and isothiocyanates with strong electron-withdrawing groups are more reactive. Similarly, the data suggest that a stronger electron-withdrawing substituent on the alkene favors a faster reaction, but this may be offset by sterics in the cyclic transition state.

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