A New Tin-Free Source of Amidyl Radicals

Fabien Gagosz, Cécile Moutrille, Samir Z. Zard

Organic Letters · 2002 · 92 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

[reaction: see text] The readily available N-(O-ethyl thiocarbonylsulfanyl)amides are powerful amidyl radical precursors that undergo 5-exo cyclization to give pyrrolidinone derivatives via a radical-chain reaction initiated by a small amount of lauroyl peroxide.

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