Selective fluorination of alkyl C–H bonds via photocatalysis†
Abstract
We report the generation of cationic N-radicals from Selectfluor® via energy transfer with anthraquinone as a photocatalyst for the fluorination of unactivated C–H bonds.
* Corresponding authors
a
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
E-mail:
choonhong@ntu.edu.sg
b Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
We report the generation of cationic N-radicals from Selectfluor® via energy transfer with anthraquinone as a photocatalyst for the fluorination of unactivated C–H bonds.
C. W. Kee, K. F. Chin, M. W. Wong and C. Tan, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 8211 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01848F
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