Amination of Phosphorodiamidate-Substituted Pyridines and Related N-Heterocycles with Magnesium Amides.

The amination of various phosphorodiamidate-substituted pyridines, quinolines, and quinoxaline with magnesium amides R2 NMgCl·LiCl proceeds at room temperature within 8 h. Several pharmaceutically active amines were suitable substrates for this amination procedure, and also the antihistaminic tripelennamine was prepared. Additionally, several heterocyclic phosphorodiamidates underwent directed ortho-metalation (D oM) using TMPMgCl·LiCl (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl) or TMP2 Mg·2LiCl, followed by electrophilic functionalization prior to the amination step, which led to ortho-functionalized aminated N-heterocycles.