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RESEARCH PRODUCT

ChemInform Abstract: Unique Regioselectivity in the C(sp3)-H α-Alkylation of Amines: The Benzoxazole Moiety as a Removable Directing Group.

Guenther LahmTill Opatz

subject

chemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryHydrideSubstituentNucleophilic substitutionRegioselectivityHydroxideMoietyGeneral MedicineAlkylationBenzoxazoleMedicinal chemistry

description

The benzoxazol-2-yl substituent is easily introduced by oxidative coupling or nucleophilic substitution and can be removed by hydroxide or by hydride reduction.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201507221