Superelectrophilic amidine dications: dealkylation by triflate anion

Luka S Kovacevic; Christopher Idziak; Augustinas Markevicius; Callum Scullion; Michael James Corr; Alan Kennedy; Tell Tuttle; John A Murphy

doi:10.1002/anie.201202990

Superelectrophilic amidine dications: dealkylation by triflate anion

Luka S Kovacevic, Christopher Idziak, Augustinas Markevicius, Callum Scullion, Michael James Corr, Alan Kennedy, Tell Tuttle, John A Murphy

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Abstract

Superelectrophiles: Formamides were designed that when treated with triflic anhydride would be transformed into superelectrophilic amidine dications. These dications were so electrophilic that they underwent in situ dealkylation by the triflate anion (see scheme; Tf = trifluoromethanesulfonyl). DFT calculations were used to determine the mechanistic details of the dealkylation reaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8516-8519
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume	51
Issue number	34
Early online date	13 Jul 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201202990
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2012

Keywords

amidines
anions
cations
dealkylation
mesylates
methionine
molecular structure
superelectrophiles

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Superelectrophilic amidine dications: dealkylation by triflate anion

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