Alkylative dearomatization by using an unactivated aryl nitro group as a leaving group: access to diversified alkylated spiro [5.5] trienones

D Xia, XF Duan - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The cleavage of an unactivated aryl nitro group triggered by alkyl radicals enables a
dearomative cyclization, affording diversified alkylated spiro [5.5] trienones in good yields …

Visible-light-driven dearomatization reaction toward the formation of spiro [4.5] deca-1, 6, 9-trien-8-ones

W Dong, Y Yuan, X Xie, Z Zhang - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
A visible-light-driven regioselective dearomative cyclization between 2-benzyl-2-
bromomalonate and alkynes under mild conditions leading to the formation of spiro [4, 5] …

Photocatalytic Radical Ortho-Dearomative Cyclization: Access to Spiro[4.5]deca-1,7,9-trien-6-ones

W Dong, Y Yuan, C Liang, F Wu, S Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient ortho-dearomative cyclization reaction between alkynes and 2-bromo-2-(2-
methoxybenzyl) malonate via visible light-induced photoredox catalysis has been reported …

Dearomative [4+ 2] annulations between 3-nitroindoles and enals through oxidative N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

H Huang, QZ Li, YQ Liu, HJ Leng, P Xiang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrocarbazolone and its derivatives are attractive organic molecules, which have been
widely applied in the synthesis of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Herein, we …

Photoinduced carboborative ring contraction enables regio-and stereoselective synthesis of multiply substituted five-membered carbocycles and heterocycles

S Jin, VT Nguyen, HT Dang, DP Nguyen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report herein a photoinduced carboborative ring contraction of monounsaturated six-
membered carbocycles and heterocycles. The reaction produces substituted five-membered …

Visible-light-induced dearomative oxamination of indole derivatives and dearomative amidation of phenol derivatives

L Wu, Y Hao, Y Liu, H Song, Q Wang - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report a protocol for visible-light-induced dearomative oxamination reactions of
indole derivatives to afford functionalized spirocyclic products. These step-economical …

Redox-Neutral Intramolecular Dearomative Spirocyclization of Phenols Induced by Visible Light

L Zhang, F Hu, L Shen, L Gao, Y Yang, Z Pan… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Described herein is a redox-neutral intramolecular dearomative spirocyclization induced by
visible light. The photochemical cyclization was catalyzed by a phenolate anion-derived …

Visible-light induced generation of bifunctional nitrogen-centered radicals: a concise synthetic strategy to construct bicyclo [3.2. 1] octane and azepane cores

WL Yu, HW Jiang, L Yan, ZT Feng, YC Luo… - Science China …, 2021 - Springer
A photocatalytic tandem cyclization of o-alkenylbenzaldehydes using pyridinium salts as the
amination reagent is described. A variety of valuable seven-membered nitrogenous …

Redox-neutral decarboxylative photocyclization of anthranilic acids

H Huang, K Deng, GJ Deng - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A mild metal-, catalyst-, and oxidant-free photoredox neutral system has been found to
efficiently enable intramolecular decarboxylative cyclization of anthranilic acids. This facile …

Dearomatization of unactivated arenes via catalytic hydroalkylation

KA McDaniel, AR Blood, GC Smith, NT Jui - ACS catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The dearomative cyclization of linear amides to complex spirocyclic butyrolactams has been
enabled by photoredox catalysis through a reductive radical–polar crossover mechanism …