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Synlett 2021; 32(04): 395-400
DOI: 10.1055/a-1344-6175
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Radicals – by Young Chinese Organic Chemists

Synthesis of Amidine Derivatives by Intermolecular Radical ­Addition to Nitrile Groups of AIBN Derivatives

Min Su
a   Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of ­Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, ­Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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Nengbo Zhu
a   Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of ­Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. of China
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Mong-Feng Chiou
a   Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of ­Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. of China
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Hongli Bao  ∗
a   Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of ­Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, ­Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
› Author AffiliationsWe thank the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0700103), the NSFC (Grant Nos. 21602028, 21672213, 21871258), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB20000000), and the Haixi Institute of CAS (Grant No. CXZX-2017-P01) for financial support.
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Dedicated to Professor Xue-Long Hou on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Abstract

A synthesis of amidine derivatives through intermolecular addition of nitrogen-centered radicals to nitriles is reported. Experimental studies and density functional theory calculations were conducted to probe the mechanism of this reaction. The results suggest that the alkyl nitriles are activated by attracting chlorine atoms and are subsequently attacked by nitrogen-centered radicals, resulting in the intermolecular radical addition of nitriles to amidines.

Key words

amidines - nitriles - catalyst-free reaction - nitrogen-centered radicals - intermolecular radical addition

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Received: 21 October 2020

Accepted after revision: 02 January 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
02 January 2021

Article published online:
22 January 2021

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