Acetyl cyanide as a cyanide source in a tandem catalyst-free modified Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé [4+1]-cycloaddition-Strecker cascade

Guillermo Martinez-Ariza; Jose Nunez-Rios; Yeon Sun Lee; Christopher Hulme

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.12.127

Acetyl cyanide as a cyanide source in a tandem catalyst-free modified Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé [4+1]-cycloaddition-Strecker cascade

Guillermo Martinez-Ariza, Jose Nunez-Rios, Yeon Sun Lee, Christopher Hulme

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Abstract

A concise one-pot 3-step cascade reaction to biologically significant imidazo[1,2-a]heterocycles is described. The methodology utilizes acetyl cyanide as a non-classical isocyanide replacement for TMSCN in a microwave-assisted [4+1] cycloaddition (the Groebke-Bienaymé-Blackburn reaction) followed by a Strecker reaction under catalysis free conditions. The methodology proceeds with operational simplicity, short reaction times, and high bond forming efficiency.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1038-1040
Number of pages	3
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	56
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.12.127
State	Published - Feb 18 2015

Keywords

Bicyclic heterocycles
Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé
Imidazopyridine
Multicomponent reaction
Strecker

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Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Organic Chemistry

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Acetyl cyanide as a cyanide source in a tandem catalyst-free modified Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé [4+1]-cycloaddition-Strecker cascade

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