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Alcohol Etherification via Alkoxy Radicals Generated by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis
Rivero, Alexandra R.,Fodran, Peter,Ondrejková, Alica,Wallentin, Carl-Johan
, p. 8436 - 8440 (2020)
A mechanistically divergent method is described that, employing a commercially available hypervalent iodine(III) reagent, generates alkoxy radicals from 1°, 2°, and 3° alcohols and allows their use in the functionalization of C(sp3)-H and C(sp2)-H bonds. This visible-light photoredox catalysis produces alkyl ethers via 1,5/6-hydrogen atom transfer or aryl ethers via 1,5-addition. This mild methodology provides a practical strategy for the synthesis of acetals, orthoesters, tetrahydrofurans, and chromanes.