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Photochemical O-H Functionalization of Aryldiazoacetates with Phenols via Proton Transfer
Empel, Claire,Jana, Sripati,Pei, Chao,Nguyen, Thanh Vinh,Koenigs, Rene M.
, p. 7225 - 7229 (2020)
In this work, we report a thorough investigation of the reaction of phenols with aryldiazoacetates. Mechanistic studies using different spectroscopic methods and theoretical calculations suggest a hydrogen bond between phenol and aryldiazoacetates, which can be modulated by the phenol acidity. The pKA of phenol and therefore the hydrogen bond plays an important role in a subsequent photoinduced proton transfer reaction to give the formal O-H functionalization product of phenols.
