Cu-Catalyzed N-Alkynylation of imidazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, and pyrazoles using PEG as solvent medium

Glenn Burley; David L Davies; Gerry A Griffith; Michael Lee; Kuldip Singh

doi:10.1021/jo902466f

Cu-Catalyzed N-Alkynylation of imidazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, and pyrazoles using PEG as solvent medium

Glenn Burley, David L Davies, Gerry A Griffith, Michael Lee, Kuldip Singh

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Abstract

A facile and efficient Cu(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling method is reported for the preparation of N-alkynyl or N-bromoalkenyl heteroarenes from bromoalkynes.
Generally superior yields and functional group tolerance were obtained with microwave (MW) irradiation using imidazole, benzimidazole, pyrazole, and indazole substrates and poly(ethylene glycol) 400 (PEG400) as an additive.We speculate that PEG400 acts as both a Cu(I)-stabilizing ligand as well as a phase transfer solvent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	980-983
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume	75
Issue number	3
Early online date	4 Jan 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jo902466f
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2010

Keywords

phase transfer solvent
microwave irradiation
bromoalkynes
N-alkynyl
N-bromoalkenyl heteroarenes

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Cu-Catalyzed N-Alkynylation of imidazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, and pyrazoles using PEG as solvent medium

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