Induction of radical cyclizations with the 10-methyl-9,10-dihydroacridine / NaBH4 photocatalytic system

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)60992-9

The radical cyclization of suitably unsaturated aromatic halides, such as 1-allyloxy-2-halobenzenes (1a-d), can be induced with the 10-methyl-9,10-dihydroacridine / NaBH₄ photocatalytic system in DMF. The method is preparatively useful with the most reactive halides.