Qiujie Tang,Ping Xie,Jin Wang,Jiajun Lin,Chunlai Feng,Charles U. Pittman,Aihua Zhou
Two cascade coupling reactions were developed between N -alkyl(aryl)- N -methacryloyl benzamides and readily available benzyl alcohols or sodium benzenesulfinates . Through a radical cyclization strategy, these one-pot sequential reactions provided two simple and efficient approaches to the synthesis of a variety of isoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-dione derivatives in high yields with a broad substrate scope. These compounds are valuable molecules in drug discovery .
An efficient visible-light-mediated tandem reaction of acryloylbenzamides with alkylboronic acids, arylsulfonyl hydrazides and oxime esters has been developed. The reaction proceeds via radical addition and cyclization to give various isoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-diones in satisfactory yields under mild conditions, which provides a good opportunity to discover new meaningful bioactive compounds.