Developments And Applications Of Methods For Palladium And Copper Catalyzed Carbon Nitrogen Bond Formation

The studies presented in this dissertation are aimed at the development and application of methodologies that enable carbon-nitrogen (C-N) bond formation catalyzed by late transition metals such as palladium and copper. The first part of this thesis focuses on the use of palladium catalysis for the construction of a carbon(sp2)-nitrogen bond in the context of a biphasic continuous-flow system (Chapter 1). The second part of this thesis describes the recent developments of copper-hydride (CuH) catalyzed asymmetric hydroamination for the formation of a-chiral carbon(sp3)-nitrogen bonds from olefins. This work includes the application of CuH catalysis to the synthesis of chiral N-alkyl aziridines (Chapter 2), and the discovery and development of novel electrophilic amines to enable CuH-catalyzed asymmetric hydroamination to directly access primary amines (Chapter 3). Part I. Chapter 1. Use of a "Catalytic" Cosolvent, N,N-Dimethyl Octanamide, Allows the Flow Synthesis of Imatinib with no Solvent Switch A general, efficient method for C-N cross-coupling has been developed using N,N-dimethyloctanamide as a cosolvent for biphasic continuous-flow applications. In addition to utilizing a proper co-solvent, the described method harnesses the superior mixing abilities of a stainless-steel powder packed tube reactor to efficiently couple a wide range of aryl/heteroaryl halides and aryl/heteroaryl/alkyl amines in a short period of time (