Org. Lett., 9 (13), 2589 -2591, 2007. 10.1021/ol071105a S1523-7060(07)01105-4
Web Release Date: May 31, 2007

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A Mild Cu(I)-Catalyzed Regioselective Diamination of Conjugated Dienes

Weicheng Yuan, Haifeng Du, Baoguo Zhao, and Yian Shi*

Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523

yian@lamar.colostate.edu

Received May 17, 2007

Abstract:

This paper describes a novel diamination process that uses CuCl as catalyst and di-tert-butyldiaziridinone as nitrogen source. A wide variety of conjugated dienes and a triene can be effectively diaminated in good yields with generally high regioselectivity under mild reaction conditions.


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