Issue 20, 2022

Transition-metal-free, mild and efficient ring expansion of amino acid derivatives: facile access to densely functionalized azepines

Abstract

Azepines are important structural motifs in drug discovery possessing valuable biological and medicinal properties. However, the approaches for the preparation of these versatile skeletons are limited and still challenging. Herein, we disclose a concise, practical and efficient protocol for the rapid access to azepines by the ring expansion of easily accessible amino acid derivatives under mild conditions. The method possesses noteworthy features such as a broad substrate scope, good functional group tolerance, good scalability and efficient modification of several popular marketed drugs, highlighting the practicability of this reaction. Preliminary bioactivity studies indicated that 2p and 2s showed good anticancer activity against Ramos, HeLa and A549 cells. Moreover, the facile operation and catalyst- and additive-free conditions make it one of the most convenient and straightforward methods to afford the azepine-based building blocks, which would gain great utility in medicinal chemistry and synthetic chemistry.

Graphical abstract: Transition-metal-free, mild and efficient ring expansion of amino acid derivatives: facile access to densely functionalized azepines

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
16 Jul 2022
Accepted
19 Aug 2022
First published
23 Aug 2022

Org. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 5516-5522

Transition-metal-free, mild and efficient ring expansion of amino acid derivatives: facile access to densely functionalized azepines

X. Zhang, X. Wang, C. Jiao, J. Zhao, X. Liu and G. Zhang, Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 5516 DOI: 10.1039/D2QO01147F

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