A laterally-fused N-heterocyclic carbene framework from polysubstituted aminoimidazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium salts

Andrew D Gillie, Matthew G Wakeling, Bethan L Greene, Louise Male, Paul W Davies*

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Abstract

A polysubstituted 3-aminoimidazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium framework has been accessed from a new nitrenoid reagent by a two-step ynamide annulation and imidazolium ring-formation sequence. Metalation with Au(I), Cu(I) and Ir(I) at the C2 position provides an L-shaped NHC ligand scaffold that has been validated in gold-catalysed alkyne hydration and arylative cyclisation reactions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)621–627
Number of pages7
JournalBeilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Mar 2024

Bibliographical note

Funding:
We thank EPSRC and the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham for studentship support (ADG, MGW, BLG). P.W.D. is grateful to the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust for the award of a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF\R1\191033).

Keywords

  • annulation
  • carbene
  • gold
  • imidazolium
  • NHC

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