文摘
A palladium-catalyzed alkoxylation of N9-arylpurines with primary or secondary alcohols has been developed successfully, which is a rare C–H activation reaction of polynitrogenated purines and offers a late-stage strategy to synthesize N9-(ortho-alkoxyl)arylpurines. Although there are more than four nitrogen atoms present in the purine moiety, the reaction can be effectively conducted by sterically blocking the N1 site for catalyst coordination and first employing the purinyl N3 atom as a directing group.