6938-59-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Photoinduced Deaminative Alkylation for the Synthesis of γ-Ketoesters via Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex Formation
Wang, Jia-Xin,Ge, Wei,Xing, Wei-Long,Fu, Ming-Chen
, p. 18224 - 18231 (2021/12/13)
Visible-light-induced deaminative alkylation of Katritzky salts with silyl enol ethers has been developed. The reaction can proceed efficiently through electron donor–acceptor complex formation, avoiding the use of precious metal complexes or synthetically elaborate organic dyes. A series of functionalized γ-ketoesters was successfully obtained with good functional group tolerance and compatibility under mild and straightforward conditions.
A General Organocatalytic System for Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex Photoactivation and Its Use in Radical Processes
De Pedro Beato, Eduardo,Melchiorre, Paolo,Spinnato, Davide,Zhou, Wei
supporting information, p. 12304 - 12314 (2021/08/20)
We report herein a modular class of organic catalysts that, acting as donors, can readily form photoactive electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes with a variety of radical precursors. Excitation with visible light generates open-shell intermediates under mild conditions, including nonstabilized carbon radicals and nitrogen-centered radicals. The modular nature of the commercially available xanthogenate and dithiocarbamate anion organocatalysts offers a versatile EDA complex catalytic platform for developing mechanistically distinct radical reactions, encompassing redox-neutral and net-reductive processes. Mechanistic investigations, by means of quantum yield determination, established that a closed catalytic cycle is operational for all of the developed radical processes, highlighting the ability of the organic catalysts to turn over and iteratively drive every catalytic cycle. We also demonstrate how the catalysts' stability and the method's high functional group tolerance could be advantageous for the direct radical functionalization of abundant functional groups, including aliphatic carboxylic acids and amines, and for applications in the late-stage elaboration of biorelevant compounds and enantioselective radical catalysis.
