Copper-catalyzed Z-selective synthesis of acrylamides and polyacrylamides via alkylidene ketenimines

Alkylidene ketenimines are rarely reported, but synthetically useful, reactive intermediates. Here, the authors disclose a three-component reaction of alkyne, azide and water by cycloaddition, nitrogen extrusion, and carbene-assisted rearrangement, via in situ formation of alkylidene ketenimine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xuelun Duan, Nan Zheng, Ming Li, Gongbo Liu, Xinhao Sun, Qiming Wu, Wangze Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32082-w