Azoarene activation for Schmidt-type reaction and mechanistic insights

oleh: Fan-Tao Meng, Ya-Nan Wang, Xiao-Yan Qin, Shi-Jun Li, Jing Li, Wen-Juan Hao, Shu-Jiang Tu, Yu Lan, Bo Jiang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01

Deskripsi

The Schmidt reaction enables nitrogen insertion across an aldehyde or ketone substrate by frequently using azide reagents. Here, the authors show a Schmidt reaction of aryldiazonium salts as a replacement of azide reagents to access skeletally diverse cyclic lactams.