Direct, One‐pot Sequential Reductive Alkylation of Lactams/Amides with Grignard and Organolithium Reagents through Lactam/Amide Activation

Kai‐Jiong Xiao, Jie‐Min Luo, Ke‐Yin Ye, Yu Wang, Pei‐Qiang Huang

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2010 · 275 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Be dazzled by the sequence: The first efficient and general one-pot method for the reductive bisalkylation of lactams/amides with Grignard and organolithium reagents has been developed (see scheme; DTBMP=2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl).

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