330793-01-6Relevant articles and documents
Cooperative Self-Assembly of Pyridine-2,6-Diimine-Linked Macrocycles into Mechanically Robust Nanotubes
Strauss, Michael J.,Asheghali, Darya,Evans, Austin M.,Li, Rebecca L.,Chavez, Anton D.,Sun, Chao,Becker, Matthew L.,Dichtel, William R.
, p. 14708 - 14714 (2019)
Nanotubes assembled from macrocyclic precursors offer a unique combination of low dimensionality, structural rigidity, and distinct interior and exterior microenvironments. Usually the weak stacking energies of macrocycles limit the length and mechanical
Non-innocent Radical Ion Intermediates in Photoredox Catalysis: Parallel Reduction Modes Enable Coupling of Diverse Aryl Chlorides
Chernowsky, Colleen P.,Chmiel, Alyah F.,Wickens, Zachary K.,Williams, Oliver P.,Yeung, Charles S.
supporting information, p. 10882 - 10889 (2021/07/31)
We describe a photocatalytic system that elicits potent photoreductant activity from conventional photocatalysts by leveraging radical anion intermediates generated in situ. The combination of an isophthalonitrile photocatalyst and sodium formate promotes diverse aryl radical coupling reactions from abundant but difficult to reduce aryl chloride substrates. Mechanistic studies reveal two parallel pathways for substrate reduction both enabled by a key terminal reductant byproduct, carbon dioxide radical anion.
Visible Light-Induced Borylation of C-O, C-N, and C-X Bonds
Arman, Hadi D.,Dang, Hang. T.,Haug, Graham C.,He, Ru,Jin, Shengfei,Larionov, Oleg V.,Nguyen, Viet D.,Nguyen, Vu T.,Schanze, Kirk S.
, (2020/02/04)
Boronic acids are centrally important functional motifs and synthetic precursors. Visible light-induced borylation may provide access to structurally diverse boronates, but a broadly efficient photocatalytic borylation method that can effect borylation of a wide range of substrates, including strong C-O bonds, remains elusive. Herein, we report a general, metal-free visible light-induced photocatalytic borylation platform that enables borylation of electron-rich derivatives of phenols and anilines, chloroarenes, as well as other haloarenes. The reaction exhibits excellent functional group tolerance, as demonstrated by the borylation of a range of structurally complex substrates. Remarkably, the reaction is catalyzed by phenothiazine, a simple organic photocatalyst with MW 200 that mediates the previously unachievable visible light-induced single electron reduction of phenol derivatives with reduction potentials as negative as approximately - 3 V versus SCE by a proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism. Mechanistic studies point to the crucial role of the photocatalyst-base interaction.