Enabling Catalytic Arene C-H Amidomethylation via Bis(tosylamido)methane as a Sustainable Formaldimine Releaser.

Addition of catalytic arene C-H to formaldimines has been enabled by Ru(II)-catalyzed amidomethylation with bis(tosylamido)methane as a catalytic formaldimine releaser. The new process provides an atom-efficient and sustainable solution to address the challenges of formaldimines in this type of transformation. Furthermore, new synthetic routes based on this catalytic system have been developed for step-efficient access to N-heterotricyclic core structures that are pharmaceutically relevant.