Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis
5 years ago

Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C-8 Alkylation of Quinolines with Activated and Unactivated Olefins: Mechanistic Study and Total Synthesis of EP4 Agonist

Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C-8 Alkylation of Quinolines with Activated and Unactivated Olefins: Mechanistic Study and Total Synthesis of EP4 Agonist
Ritika Sharma, Upendra Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Inder Kumar
Reported herein is a rhodium(III)-catalyzed regioselective distal C(sp2)-H bond alkylation of quinoline N-oxides using olefins as alkyl source and N-oxide as the traceless directing group. The reaction exhibits broad substrate scope with excellent selectivity for C-8 position and good yields of alkylated products. The usefulness of the developed catalytic protocol is established by synthesis of EP4 agonist. In mechanistic study, C-8 olefinated quinoline was identified as the reaction intermediate, which gets reduced to desired C-8 alkylated product in the presence of a rhodium(I) species (produced from rhodium(III) during reaction) and formic acid. Formic acid is produced from dimethylformamide in the presence of silver tetrafluoroborate.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700542

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