<i>N</i>-Sulfonyl acetylketenimine as a highly reactive intermediate for the synthesis of <i>N</i>-sulfonyl amidines

Abstract

A highly reactive intermediate N-sulfonyl acetylketenimine was generated from a 3-butyn-2-one participating CuAAC/ring-opening method. Its high reactivity due to bearing two EWGs allowed us to offer the first example of a reaction between ketenimine and amide to synthesize N-sulfonyl amidines efficiently.