Visible-light induced dearomatization reactions

YZ Cheng, Z Feng, X Zhang, SL You - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomatization reactions provide rapid access to structurally complex three-dimensional
molecules from simple aromatic compounds. Plenty of reports have demonstrated their …

Energy-transfer-enabled dearomative cycloaddition reactions of indoles/pyrroles via excited-state aromatics

M Zhu, X Zhang, C Zheng, SL You - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Exploring the enormous chemical space through an expedient building-up of
molecular diversity is an important goal of organic chemistry. The development of synthetic …

Facile access to fused 2D/3D rings via intermolecular cascade dearomative [2+ 2] cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions of quinolines with alkenes

J Ma, S Chen, P Bellotti, T Wagener, C Daniliuc… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Hybrid fused two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) rings are important
pharmacophores in drugs owing to their unique structural and physicochemical properties …

Photochemical dearomative cycloadditions of quinolines and alkenes: scope and mechanism studies

R Guo, S Adak, P Bellotti, X Gao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photochemical dearomative cycloaddition has emerged as a useful strategy to rapidly
generate molecular complexity. Within this context, stereo-and regiocontrolled …

Visible-light-induced dearomatization of indoles/pyrroles with vinylcyclopropanes: expedient synthesis of structurally diverse polycyclic indolines/pyrrolines

M Zhu, XL Huang, S Sun, C Zheng… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-induced cycloaddition reactions initiated via energy-transfer processes have
recently evolved as powerful methods for the construction of strained cyclic molecules that …

Synthesis of complex bicyclic scaffolds by intermolecular photosensitized dearomative cycloadditions of activated alkenes and naphthalenes

W Wang, Y Cai, R Guo, MK Brown - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid buildup of molecular complexity from simple precursors is a key goal in organic
chemistry. One strategy to achieve this is through a dearomative cycloaddition wherein a 2D …

Visible‐Light‐Induced Intramolecular Double Dearomative Cycloaddition of Arenes

M Zhu, H Xu, X Zhang, C Zheng… - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we report visible‐light‐induced intramolecular double dearomative cycloaddition of
arenes. Compared with the well‐known photodimerization of arenes under ultraviolet …

Chemoselective quinoline and isoquinoline reduction by energy transfer catalysis enabled hydrogen atom transfer

DH Liu, K Nagashima, H Liang, XL Yue… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract (Hetero) arene reduction is one of the key avenues for synthesizing related cyclic
alkenes and alkanes. While catalytic hydrogenation and Birch reduction are the two broadly …

Dearomative (3+ 2) Cycloadditions between Indoles and Vinyldiazo Species Enabled by a Red‐Shifted Chromium Photocatalyst

BK Gall, AK Smith, EM Ferreira - … Chemie International Edition, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A direct dearomative photocatalyzed (3+ 2) cycloaddition between indoles and
vinyldiazo reagents is described. The transformation is enabled by the development of a …

Dearomatization of (hetero) arenes through photodriven interplay between polysulfide anions and formate

EYK Tan, AS Mat Lani, W Sow, Y Liu, H Li… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The facile construction of C (sp3)‐rich carbo‐and heterocyclic compounds is a pivotal
synthetic strategy to foster contemporary drug discovery programs. The downstream …