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Generation of carbon free radicals by reduction of the cation pool
Suga, Seiji,Suzuki, Shinkiti,Maruyama, Tomokazu,Yoshida, Jun-Ichi
, p. 1545 - 1554 (2007/10/03)
The electrochemical reduction of N-acyliminium ions, which were generated by the "cation pool" method, led to the formation of carbon free radicals. Carbon radicals thus generated underwent homo-coupling reactions and the reactions with activated olefins, such as methyl acrylate. In the latter case, a mechanism involving the addition of a carbon radical to the carbon-carbon double bond, followed by one-electron reduction to give carbanions, has been proposed. The present study opens a new possibility for radical-mediated carbon-carbon bond formation based on the reduction of carbocations.
