Issue 4, 2016

Reactivity and mechanistic insight into the cross coupling reaction between isochromans and β-keto esters through C–H bond activation under visible light irradiation

Abstract

The visible light catalytic cross coupling reaction from two different C–H bonds provides an efficient protocol for C–H bond activation and C–C bond construction. The application of the oxidative photoredox strategy to couple C–H bonds next to an oxygen atom with other C–H bonds is more challenging because of the more positive oxidation potential of ethers than that of amines. Here, we take advantage of organic dye 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium perchlorate (Acr+-Mes ClO4) as the photosensitizer and BrCCl3 as the terminal oxidant to achieve the addition of β-keto esters to oxonium species, directly generated from isochromans, leading to the formation of alkylation products in the α-position of an oxygen atom under visible light irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Reactivity and mechanistic insight into the cross coupling reaction between isochromans and β-keto esters through C–H bond activation under visible light irradiation

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
07 Dec 2015
Accepted
09 Feb 2016
First published
10 Feb 2016

Org. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 486-490

Reactivity and mechanistic insight into the cross coupling reaction between isochromans and β-keto esters through C–H bond activation under visible light irradiation

M. Xiang, Q. Meng, X. Gao, T. Lei, B. Chen, C. Tung and L. Wu, Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 486 DOI: 10.1039/C5QO00412H

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