Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS 39762, US.
Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus, MS 39701, US.
Chem Biodivers. 2022 Aug;19(8):e202200327. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.202200327. Epub 2022 Aug 3.
The coupling of phenylboronic acids with poorly-activated imidazoles is studied as a model system to explore the use of copper-catalyzed Chan-Evans-Lam (CEL) coupling for targeted C-N bond forming reactions. Optimized CEL reaction conditions are reported for four phenanthroline-based ligand systems, where the ligand 4,5-diazafluoren-9-one (dafo, L2) with 1 molar equivalent of potassium carbonate yielded the highest reactivity. The substrate 2-nitroimidazole (also known as azomycin) has documented antimicrobial activity against a range of microbes. Here N-arylation of 2-nitroimidazole with a range of aryl boronic acids has been successfully developed by copper(II)-catalyzed CEL reactions. Azomycin and a range of newly arylated azomycin derivatives were screened against S. pneumoniae, where 1-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-nitro-1H-imidazole (3d) was demonstrated to have a minimal inhibition concentration value of 3.3 μg/mL.
将苯硼酸与活化不良的咪唑偶联作为模型体系进行研究,以探索铜催化的 Chan-Evans-Lam(CEL)偶联在靶向 C-N 键形成反应中的应用。本文报道了四种菲咯啉配体系统的优化 CEL 反应条件,其中配体 4,5-二氮杂芴-9-酮(dafo,L2)与 1 摩尔当量的碳酸钾反应活性最高。2-硝基咪唑(也称为氮霉素)具有针对多种微生物的抗菌活性。在此,通过铜(II)催化的 CEL 反应成功地开发了 2-硝基咪唑与一系列芳基硼酸的 N-芳基化反应。对氮霉素和一系列新的氮霉素衍生物进行了针对 S. pneumoniae 的筛选,其中 1-(4-(苄氧基)苯基)-2-硝基-1H-咪唑(3d)的最小抑制浓度值为 3.3 μg/mL。