Abstract
Heyns rearrangement have been famous for carbohydrate chemists for several decades. However, this reaction was underrated as a useful method for synthetic chemists due to preparative shortcomings. Herein we developed an efficient method for the synthesis of pharmaceutically important α-amino ketones from readily available α-hydroxy ketones and secondary amines through a tandem reaction sequence based on Heyns rearrangement. The reaction smoothly proceeded by using catalytic PTSA as catalyst without solvent. Primary and secondary α-hydroxy ketones were readily used and regioselectively afforded the correspondingly α-amino ketones with moderate yield.
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