Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation of Amino Acid Derivatives via C-C Bond and C-N Bond Dual Activations.

A unique decarbonylation of an amino acid derivative catalytic system has been established via palladium-catalyzed C-C bond and C-N bond dual activations. By employing 8-aminoquinoline as the directing group, this transformation has been found to facilitate the high chemoselectivity to decarbonylation of amino acid derivatives rather than intramolecular deamination or cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions. This method provides a straightforward avenue for constructing diverse functionalized amide compounds in good to excellent yields. We proposed a possible reaction pathway that may go through the C-C bond and C-N bond dual activations on the basis of the mechanistic studies.

Directing Group Participated Benzylic C(sp3)-H/C(sp2)-H Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC): Synthesis of Azapolycycles.

An efficient method to construct azapolycycles via directing group participated benzylic C(sp3)-H/C(sp2)-H cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions is described. The reaction proceeded through a palladium catalyzed C(sp3)-H activation followed by coupling with a C(sp2)-H bond of quinoline to afford the azapolycyclic compounds. The reaction works with a broad substrate scope affording the products in moderate to good yields with excellent diastereoselectivities. Control experiments further supported the proposed mechanism.