Copper(II) acetate promoted intramolecular diamination of unactivated olefins

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Aug 17;127(32):11250-1. doi: 10.1021/ja053335v.

Abstract

A concise method for the synthesis of cyclic sulfamides and vicinal diamines is presented. This method is enabled by Cu(OAc)2 and demonstrates a new transformation for this metal. Both five- and six-membered vicinal diamine-containing heterocycles have been synthesized in good to excellent yields, and substrate-based asymmetric induction has been achieved. This is the first reported example of intramolecular diamination of olefins.