Synlett 2023; 34(06): 561-571
DOI: 10.1055/a-1904-0420
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Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis in India

Functionalization of Alkyl Groups Adjacent to Azoles: Application to the Synthesis of α-Functionalized Carboxylic Acids

Anupam Kumar Singh
a   Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), ­Ghaziabad-201002, India
,
Rupali Dasharath Shinde
a   Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), ­Ghaziabad-201002, India
,
Jogendra Kumar
a   Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), ­Ghaziabad-201002, India
,
Sukalyan Bhadra
a   Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), ­Ghaziabad-201002, India
› Author Affiliations
We sincerely thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (CSIR, CSMCRI project nos. MLP 0028 and MLP 0067 through CSIR-FIRST Scheme) and UGC (for a fellowship to RDS and JK) for financial support.


Abstract

A plethora of bioactive compounds and natural products bears an azole subunit within their complex structural frameworks. A footstep to realize those complex structures in atom economic fashion rely on the direct functionalization of C–H bonds adjacent to an azole group. In addition, the resulting functionalized azole compounds can be simply modified into practically significant genre of α-functionalized carboxylic acids that are otherwise inaccessible through a formal α-functionalization strategy. In this Account, we describe an up-to-date progress on the functionalization of a methyl and/or methylene group(s) adjacent to an azole ring enabled by late and earth-abundant transition metals. Contributions made by our group and that by others in the field are elaborated in this Account article.

1 Introduction

2 Mode of Reactivity of C–H Bonds Next to Azoles under Transition-Metal Catalysis

3 Pd-Catalyzed Functionalization of Alkyl Groups Adjacent to an Azole Ring

3.1 Functionalization through C–C Bond Formation

3.2 Functionalization through C–Heteroatom Bond Formation

4 3d-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Alkyl Groups Adjacent to an Azole Ring

5 Other Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Alkyl Groups Adjacent to an Azole Ring

6 Conclusion and Future Prospects



Publication History

Received: 19 May 2022

Accepted after revision: 19 July 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
19 July 2022

Article published online:
19 August 2022

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