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April 29, 2010Chemical ReviewsOpen Access

Ynamides: A Modern Functional Group for the New Millennium

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KDKyle A. DeKorverCorteva (United States)HLHongyan LiJinan UniversityALAndrew G. LohseUniversity of Michigan

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Implication

Review demonstrates versatile reactivity profiles of ynamides across diverse chemical transformations, highlighting their value as robust building blocks for complex molecule synthesis.

Key Points

  • To comprehensively survey the preparation, reactivity, and synthetic applications of ynamides as stable and versatile nitrogen-substituted alkyne functional groups in organic synthesis.
  • Reviewed synthetic routes developed for the construction of carbon-nitrogen triple bonds bearing electron-withdrawing groups.
  • Evaluated reaction pathways including nucleophilic and electrophilic additions, transition-metal catalysis, cycloadditions, and radical processes.
  • Assessed synthetic utility across natural product targets and heterocyclic scaffolds.
  • Demonstrated that the presence of an electron-withdrawing group on the nitrogen atom stabilizes the ynamine scaffold while preserving high regioselective reactivity.
  • Cataloged widespread successful applications of ynamides in thermal cycloadditions, transition-metal-catalyzed cyclizations, and tandem cascade transformations.
  • Showed that modern coupling methodologies offer straightforward, scalable access to diverse ynamide building blocks.

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DeKorver et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d98064387cf706986845e7https://doi.org/10.1021/cr100003s
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