Recent Advance in Iminyl-Radical-Triggered C−H and C−C Bond Functionalization of Oxime Esters via 1,5-HAT and β-Carbon Scission
Direct functionalization of C(sp3)−H and C(sp3)−C(sp3) bonds are considered as one of the most valuable synthetic strategies because of their high efficiency and step-economy for rapid assembly of complex molecules. However, the relatively high bond disassociation energies (BDEs) and similar chemical environment lead to large obstacles in terms of the low reactivity and selectivity. Radical-based strategy was proved to be an efficient approach to overcome these difficulties via hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) process for selective C(sp3)−H functionalization and -carbon scission for C(sp3)−C(sp3) bonds derivatization. Oxime esters have emerged as outstanding precursors of iminyl radicals for versatile chemical transformations. This short review summaries the recent advances in site-specific C(sp3)−H functionalization and C(sp3)−C(sp3) bonds cleavage starting from oxime esters by our group and some others pioneer work, mainly focusing on the reaction design as well as the reaction mechanism.