We developed a chemoselective metal-free access for the 1,2- and 2,3-semireduction of CF3-N-allenamides. The enamide functionality of CF3-substituted N-allenamides could be efficiently reduced by Et3SiH/BF3·OEt2 in total regioselectivity and good stereoselectivity, whereas DBU promoted the isomerization of the resulting allyl amide leading exclusively to the E-configurated enamide.
Metal Free Regio – and Stereoselective Semireduction of CF3-Substituted N-Allenamides
Clément Gommenginger, Maxime Hourtoule, Marco Menghini and Laurence Miesch
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3OB01859H
Laurence Miesch (team SOPhy), Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg (UMR 7177).