Tetrahedron letters

Mild and efficient synthesis of propargylamines by copper-catalyzed Mannich reaction

LW Bieber, MF da Silva

Index: Bieber, Lothar W.; Da Silva, Margarete F. Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 45 p. 8281 - 8283

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Abstract

Terminal alkynes undergo mild and efficient aminomethylation with aqueous formaldehyde and secondary amines under CuI catalysis. In most cases high to nearly quantitative yields of tertiary propargylamines are obtained in DMSO solution at room temperature. Aromatic, aliphatic and silylated acetylenes as well as alkynols can be used. Primary amines are less reactive and satisfactory yields of secondary propargylamines are obtained only with ...