Organic Letters
Organic Letters
4 years ago

Silver Nitrate-Catalyzed Isocyanide Insertion/Lactamization Sequence to Imidazolones and Quinazolin-4-ones: Development and Application in Natural Product Synthesis

Silver Nitrate-Catalyzed Isocyanide Insertion/Lactamization Sequence to Imidazolones and Quinazolin-4-ones: Development and Application in Natural Product Synthesis
Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu, Antonin Clemenceau
Silver nitrate-catalyzed reaction of methyl α,α-disubstituted α-isocyanoacetates with primary amines afforded 3,5,5-trisubstituted imidazolones in good to excellent yields. A silver salt-catalyzed insertion of the isocyano group into the N–H bond of the amine followed by in situ lactamization accounted for the reaction outcome. The same transformation between methyl 2-isocyanobenzoate and amines afforded quinazolin-4-ones in excellent yields. The utility of this chemistry was illustrated by the development of concise syntheses of (±)-evodiamine and rutaecarpine.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02334

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02334

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