Arylamine synthesis enabled by a photocatalytic skeletal-editing dehydrogenative aromatization strategy

YF Ren, XY Chen, HW Du, W Shu - Chem Catalysis, 2024 - cell.com
The construction of aromatic compounds from non-aromatic compounds via skeletal editing
is appealing yet challenging in organic chemistry. Herein, we report an approach for the …

E‐Selective Radical Difunctionalization of Unactivated Alkynes: Preparation of Functionalized Allyl Alcohols from Aliphatic Alkynes

J Wang, X Wu, Z Cao, X Zhang, X Wang, J Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Radical difunctionalization of aliphatic alkynes provides direct access to valuable multi‐
substituted alkenes, but achieving a high level of chemo‐and stereo‐control remains a …

Selective skeletal editing of polycyclic arenes using organophotoredox dearomative functionalization

P Ji, CC Davies, F Gao, J Chen, X Meng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reactions that lead to destruction of aromatic ring systems often require harsh conditions
and, thus, take place with poor selectivities. Selective partial dearomatization of fused …

Modular synthesis of 1, 4-diketones through regioselective bis-acylation of olefins by merging NHC and photoredox catalysis

JL Li, SL Yang, QS Dai, H Huang, L Jiang, QZ Li… - Chinese Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient and modular synthesis of structurally diverse 1, 4-diketones from readily available
building blocks represents an essential but challenging task in organic chemistry. Herein …

Solvent-controlled photocatalytic divergent cyclization of alkynyl aldehydes: access to cyclopentenones and dihydropyranols

H Zhu, H Zheng, J Zhang, J Feng, L Kong, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Divergent synthesis is a powerful strategy for the fast assembly of different molecular
scaffolds from identical starting materials. We describe here a solvent-controlled …

Photomediated reductive coupling of nitroarenes with aldehydes for amide synthesis

Q Li, P Dai, H Tang, M Zhang, J Wu - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In view of the widespread significance of amide functional groups in organic synthesis and
pharmaceutical studies, an efficient and practical synthetic protocol that avoids the use of …

Modular alkene synthesis from carboxylic acids, alcohols and alkanes via integrated photocatalysis

H Zeng, R Yin, Y Zhao, JA Ma, J Wu - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Alkenes serve as versatile building blocks in diverse organic transformations. Despite
notable advancements in olefination methods, a general strategy for the direct conversion of …

Photocatalyzed Aminomethylation of Alkyl Halides Enabled by Sterically Hindered N‐Substituents

T Zhang, H Huang - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The catalytic C (sp3)− C (sp3) coupling of alkyl halides and tertiary amines offers a
promising tool for the rapid decoration of amine skeletons. However, this approach has not …

Mechanistic Investigation, Wavelength-Dependent Reactivity, and Expanded Reactivity of N–Aryl Azacycle Photomediated Ring Contractions

SF Kim, H Schwarz, J Jurczyk, BR Nebgen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Under mild blue-light irradiation, α-acylated saturated heterocycles undergo a
photomediated one-atom ring contraction that extrudes a heteroatom from the cyclic core …

Formal base-free homolytic aromatic substitutions via photoredox catalysis

F Gomes, V Narbonne, F Blanchard… - Organic Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We developed a simple and convenient method to assemble biaryls exploiting a photoredox
catalyst and visible light. Diazonium salts generate aryl radicals that could then add on …