Pd-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Polysubstituted Acrylamidines from Isocyanides, Diazo Compounds, and Imines

X Yan, J Liao, Y Lu, J Liu, Y Zeng, Q Cai

Index: Yang, Yun-Yun; Shou, Wang-Ge; Hong, Deng; Wang, Yan-Guang Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 73, # 9 p. 3574 - 3577

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Abstract

A novel and efficient Pd-catalyzed one-pot reaction of ethyl diazoacetate, isocyanides, and imines for the synthesis of acrylamidines was developed. The multicomponent reaction may have occurred through an unpredicted ring-opening process of the ketenimine–imine [2+ 2]