06/2017

This collaborative report from the Davies and Jones Groups build on previous work within the Center focused on the development of novel flow reactor systems to harness the potential of carbene C–H insertion transformations.

A tandem reaction system has been developed for the preparation of donor/acceptor-substituted diazo compounds in continuous flow coupled to dirhodium-catalyzed C–H functionalization or cyclopropanation. Hydrazones were oxidized in flow by solid-supported N-iodo-p-toluenesulfonamide potassium salt (PS-SO2NIK) to generate the diazo compounds, which were then purified by passing through a column of molecular sieves/sodium thiosulfate.