Functionalized azetidines via visible light-enabled aza Paternò-Büchi reactions

Marc R. Becker, Alistair D. Richardson and Corinna S. Schindler ()
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Marc R. Becker: University of Michigan
Alistair D. Richardson: University of Michigan
Corinna S. Schindler: University of Michigan

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Azetidines are four-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycles that hold great promise in current medicinal chemistry due to their desirable pharmacokinetic effects. However, a lack of efficient synthetic methods to access functionalized azetidines has hampered their incorporation into pharmaceutical lead structures. As a [2+2] cycloaddition reaction between imines and alkenes, the aza Paternò-Büchi reaction arguably represents the most direct approach to functionalized azetidines. Hampered by competing reaction paths accessible upon photochemical excitation of the substrates, the current synthetic utility of these transformations is greatly restricted. We herein report the development of a visible light-enabled aza Paternò-Büchi reaction that surmounts existing limitations and represents a mild solution for the direct formation of functionalized azetidines from imine and alkene containing precursors.

Date: 2019
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