Enamines exhibit excellent nucleophilic properties, making them highly valuable in organic synthesis. They are utilized for the synthesis of amines, amidines, and other nitrogen-containing functional groups, and they find applications in various pharm...
Enamines exhibit excellent nucleophilic properties, making them highly valuable in organic synthesis. They are utilized for the synthesis of amines, amidines, and other nitrogen-containing functional groups, and they find applications in various pharmaceutical fields.
Previous studies have reported the synthesis of pyrazolidinones via [3+2] cycloaddition of azomethine imine using an endo-cyclic enamine
intermediate. Our study builds upon this by synthesizing an N-silyl enamine intermediate based on the frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) theory. According to this theory, when hydrosilane is added to a mixture, the silane and hydride are taken up by different components of the pair.
In our research, we advanced previous studies by using isoquinoline, a readily available nitrogen-containing compound, as a starting material in accordance with FLP theory. We synthesized the N-silyl enamine intermediate through the hydroxylation reaction of a borane catalyst and
subsequently generated pyrazoline derivatives via a [3+2] cycloaddition between the synthesized N-silyl enamine and nitrile imine.
Although various methods for synthesizing pyrazoline have been explored, the synthesis of pyrazoline through electron-rich alkenes remains understudied. Therefore, we focused on this approach, attaching various functional groups to isoquinoline and nitrile imine to confirm their reactivity.