Oxidative Remote Aryl Rearrangement of N-Cinnamyl- N-alkoxybenzyl Sulfonamides Using Hypervalent Iodine(III)

Org Lett. 2024 Oct 18;26(41):8768-8773. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03086. Epub 2024 Oct 10.

Abstract

An oxidative remote aryl rearrangement of N-cinnamyl-N-alkoxybenzyl sulfonamides with a hypervalent iodine(III) compound was developed to furnish 5,6-disubstituted 1,3-oxazinanes in high yields. This reaction proceeded through the dearomatization of the alkoxybenzene ring on the benzyl group, which acts as a good aryl donor, inducing the regioselective installation of the aryl group and the oxygen atom via cascade transformation. An enantioselective oxidative remote aryl rearrangement using C2-symmetrical chiral iodoarene gave enantioenriched products with high enantioselectivity.