title: Cu(I)-catalyzed sequential diamination and dehydrogenation of terminal olefins: a facile approach to imidazolinones.
abstract: Diamination of olefins presents a powerful strategy to access vicinal diamines. During the last decade, metal-catalyzed diamination of olefins has received considerable attention. This study describes an efficient sequential diamination and dehydrogenation process of terminal olefins with CuBr as catalyst and di-tert-butyldiaziridinone as nitrogen source, providing a facile and viable approach to a variety of imidazolin-2-ones, which are important structural motifs present in various biologically active molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 (USA).
authors.forename: Yingguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000586:Amination; D001388:Aziridines / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D003959:Diamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D001388:Aziridines; D003959:Diamines; D007093:Imidazoles; C527442:di-tert-butyldiaziridinone; D003300:Copper; C017424:2-imidazoline
keywords: copper; dehydrogenation; diamination; diaziridinone; imidazolinones