Bhat Showkat Ahmad, Ahmed Qazi Naveed, Bhat Khursheed Ahmad
Bioorganic Chemistry Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir 190005, India.
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Dec 19;60(1):114-117. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04642g.
An efficient strategy towards stereoselective amidation of alkynes is reported. The given method features operational simplicity, excellent functional group tolerance, broad substrate scope and fast kinetics to furnish -enamides. Moreover, the method was successfully applied for the facile synthesis of the natural products lansiumamide A, lansiumamide B and -alatamide. Notably, DMSO plays two vital roles: hydrogen source and solvent.