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Photoassisted Charge Transfer Between DMF and Substrate: Facile and Selective N,N-Dimethylamination of Fluoroarenes
Ansari, Tharique N.,Sharma, Sudripet,Bora, Pranjal P.,Ogulu, Deborah,Parmar, Saurav,Gallou, Fabrice,Kozlowski, Pawel M.,Handa, Sachin
, p. 2704 - 2709 (2021)
A reversible Van der Waals complex formation between the electron-deficient fluorinated aromatic ring and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) molecules followed by light irradiation resulted in charge transfer (CT) process. The complex was stabilized by ammonium formate and further decomposed to form the C?N bond. Control experiments revealed that the simultaneous SNAr pathway also contributes to product formation. This methodology is mild, metal-free, and effective for the amination of a variety of substrates. The reproducibility of this methodology was also verified on gram-scale reactions. The CT states were supported by control UV/Vis spectroscopy and computational studies.
