Abstract
Selective homolytic alkylation of protonated quinoxaline has been achieved by using an alkyl derivative with N-chlorodialkylamine as radical source. The method shows great synthetic potential and can also be used for other heteroaromatic bases. A free-radical chain process involving amine radical cations is suggested to explain the clean reaction. Positional selectivity is strongly affected by the medium acidity, and a correlation between the π-electron density of mono- and di-protonated quinoxaline and the substitution orientation is found, in agreement with the nucleophilic character of the alkyl radicals.
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