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Visible Light Generation of a Microsecond Long-Lived Potent Reducing Agent
Hu, Ke,Li, Pengju,Meyer, Gerald J.,Niu, Fushuang,Wang, Hanqi,Zhang, Zhenghao,Zhao, Zijian
supporting information, (2022/03/27)
Photoexcitation of molecular radicals can produce strong reducing agents; however, the limited lifetimes of the doublet excited states preclude many applications. Herein, we propose and demonstrate a general strategy to translate a highly energetic electron from a doublet excited state to a ZrO2insulator, thereby increasing the lifetime by about 6 orders of magnitude while maintaining a reducing potential less than -2.4 V vs SCE. Specifically, red light excitation of a salicylic acid modified perylene diimide radical anion PDI?-anchored to a ZrO2insulator yields a ZrO2(e-)|PDI charge separated state with an ~10 μs lifetime in 23% yield. The ZrO2(e-)s were shown to drive CO2→ CO reduction with a Re catalyst present in micromolar concentrations. More broadly, this strategy provides new opportunities to reduce important reagents and catalysts at low concentrations through diffusional electron transfer.
Tetramethylammonium Fluoride Alcohol Adducts for SNAr Fluorination
Bland, Douglas C.,Lee, So Jeong,Morales-Colón, Mariá T.,Sanford, Melanie S.,Scott, Peter J. H.,See, Yi Yang
supporting information, p. 4493 - 4498 (2021/06/28)
Nucleophilic aromatic fluorination (SNAr) is among the most common methods for the formation of C(sp2)-F bonds. Despite many recent advances, a long-standing limitation of these transformations is the requirement for rigorously dry, aprotic conditions to maintain the nucleophilicity of fluoride and suppress the generation of side products. This report addresses this challenge by leveraging tetramethylammonium fluoride alcohol adducts (Me4NF·ROH) as fluoride sources for SNAr fluorination. Through systematic tuning of the alcohol substituent (R), tetramethylammonium fluoride tert-amyl alcohol (Me4NF·t-AmylOH) was identified as an inexpensive, practical, and bench-stable reagent for SNAr fluorination under mild and convenient conditions (80 °C in DMSO, without the requirement for drying of reagents or solvent). A substrate scope of more than 50 (hetero) aryl halides and nitroarene electrophiles is demonstrated.
Copper-promoted cyanation of aryl iodides with N,N-dimethyl aminomalononitrile
Liu, Si-Zhan,Li, Jing,Xue, Cao-Gen,Xu, Xue-Tao,Lei, Lin-Sheng,Huo, Chen-Yu,Wang, Zhen,Wang, Shao-Hua
supporting information, (2021/02/01)
A copper-promoted cyanation of aryl iodides has been successfully developed by using N,N-dimethyl aminomalononitrile as the cyanide source with moderate toxicity and better stability. This reaction features broad substrate scope, excellent reaction yields, readily available catalyst, and simple reaction conditions.