Mo, Guoning

Glover, Stephen

2002

Treatment of N-acetoxy-N-alkoxyamides or N-alkoxy-N-chloroamides with sodium azide in aqueous acetonitrile results in Sɴ2 displacement of chloride and the formation of reactive N-alkoxy-N-azidoamides. The reaction with N-acetoxy-N-benzyloxybenzamide has been studied kinetically (k294 = 2 L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹) and azidation of N-formyloxy-N-methoxyformamide has been modeled computationally at the pBP/DN*//HF/6-31G* level of theory. The anomeric amides N-alkoxy-N-azidoamides decompose intramolecularly and spontaneously to esters and two equivalents of nitrogen. This extremely exothermic process facilitates the formation, in excellent yields, of highly hindered esters.

Journal of the Royal Chemical Society: Perkin Transactions 2 (10), p. 1728-1739

1364-5471

1472-779X

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11592

Royal Society of Chemistry

Hindered ester formation by Sɴ2 azidation of N-acetoxy-N-alkoxyamides and N-alkoxy-N-chloroamides - novel application of HERON rearrangements

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