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General and Efficient Intermolecular [2+2] Photodimerization of Chalcones and Cinnamic Acid Derivatives in Solution through Visible-Light Catalysis
Lei, Tao,Zhou, Chao,Huang, Mao-Yong,Zhao, Lei-Min,Yang, Bing,Ye, Chen,Xiao, Hongyan,Meng, Qing-Yuan,Ramamurthy, Vaidhyanathan,Tung, Chen-Ho,Wu, Li-Zhu
supporting information, p. 15407 - 15410 (2017/11/13)
[2+2] Photocycloaddition, for example, the dimerization of chalcones and cinnamic acid derivatives, is a unique strategy to construct cyclobutanes, which are building blocks for a variety of biologically active molecules and natural products. However, most attempts at the above [2+2] addition have focused on solid-state, molten-state, or host–guest systems under ultraviolet-light irradiation in order to overcome the competition of facile geometric isomerization of nonrigid olefins. We report a general and simple method to realize the intermolecular [2+2] dimerization reaction of these acyclic olefins to construct cyclobutanes in a highly regio- and diastereoselective manner in solution under visible light, which provides an efficient solution to a long-standing problem.