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Amination of Nitro-Substituted Heteroarenes by Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen.

Michael D MandlerNina SussAntonio RamirezChristopher A FarleyDarpandeep AulakhYeheng ZhuSarah C TraegerAmy A SarjeantMerrill L DaviesBruce Alan EllsworthAlicia Regueiro-Ren
Published in: Organic letters (2022)
An open-air method for the transition metal-free direct amination of nitro(hetero)arenes by anilines is disclosed. In this methodology, an aromatic C-H bond is substituted via oxidative nucleophilic aromatic substitution of hydrogen (ONSH). Density functional theory calculations and mechanistic studies support a dianion pathway with oxidation by molecular oxygen as the rate-limiting step.
Keyphrases
  • density functional theory
  • molecular dynamics
  • molecular docking
  • visible light
  • amino acid
  • hydrogen peroxide
  • transition metal