Organophotoelectrocatalytic C(sp²)–H alkylation of heteroarenes with unactivated C(sp³)–H compounds

Chemical Communications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 60(42), С. 5502 - 5505

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

An organophotoelectrocatalytic method for the C(sp 2 )–H alkylation of heteroarenes with unactivated 3 compounds via dehydrogenation cross-coupling was developed.

Язык: Английский

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Recent Advances in the Electrochemical Defluorinative Transformations of C—F Bonds

Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 42(16), С. 1913 - 1928

Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2024

Comprehensive Summary Organic fluorine compounds are ubiquitous and pivotally important organic molecules, yet their activation transformation have long been a formidable challenge due to the high energy low reactivity of C—F bonds. electrosynthesis, an environmentally benign synthetic method in chemistry, enables myriad chemical transformations without need for external redox reagents. In recent years, electrochemistry has emerged as powerful tool achieving bonds fluorine‐containing compounds. This review aims succinctly recapitulate latest advancements electrochemical defluorinative delve into reaction design, mechanistic insights, developmental prospects these methods. Key Scientists 1959, Lund was first pioneer electroreduction CF 3 CH group. Electrochemistry lately provided new opportunities efficient conversion fluorides. 2020, Zhou coworkers discovered carboxylation α‐CF alkenes. Lambert colleagues reported electrophotocatalytic amination aryl Electrochemical hydrodefluorination trifluoromethylketones developed by Lennox 2021. same year, Wang Guo disclosed radical alkylation alkenes with Katritzky salts alkyl precursors. Subsequently, Wu Liao described transition‐metal‐free, site‐selective arylation polyfluoroarenes (het)arenes using paired electrophotocatalysis. 2023, numerous efforts were made achieve bond activation. Xia organoboron‐controlled chemoselective sequential (deutero)hydrodefluorination trifluoroacetamides.

Язык: Английский

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Electrochemical generation and utilization of radical intermediates

Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 44, С. 101447 - 101447

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Molecular Photoelectrocatalysis for Radical Reactions

Accounts of Chemical Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

ConspectusMolecular photoelectrocatalysis, which combines the merits of photocatalysis and organic electrosynthesis, including their green attributes capacity to offer novel reactivity selectivity, represents an emerging field in chemistry that addresses growing demands for environmental sustainability synthetic efficiency. This synergistic approach permits access a wider range redox potentials, facilitates transformations under gentler electrode decreases use external harsh reagents. Despite these potential advantages, this area did not receive significant attention until 2019, when we others reported first examples modern molecular photoelectrocatalysis. These studies showcased immense hybrid strategy, only inherits strengths its parent fields but also unlocks unprecedented enabling challenging mild conditions while minimizing reliance on stoichiometric oxidants or reductants.In Account, present our efforts develop photoelectrocatalytic strategies leverage homogeneous catalysts facilitate diverse radical reactions. By integrating electrocatalysis with key photoinduced processes such as single electron transfer (SET), ligand-to-metal charge (LMCT), hydrogen atom (HAT), have established methods transform substrates organotrifluoroborates, arenes, carboxylic acids, alkanes into reactive intermediates. intermediates subsequently engage heteroarene C-H functionalization Importantly, photoelectrochemical catalysts, generated bulk solution readily participate efficient reactions without undergoing further overoxidation carbocations, common challenge conventional electrochemical systems.By integration photoelectrocatalysis asymmetric catalysis, developed catalysis (PEAC), proves be enantioselective synthesis chiral nitriles. involves two relay catalytic cycles: initial process engenders benzylic radicals from precursors alkyl aryl alkenes, C-radicals are then subjected cyanation subsequent copper-electrocatalytic cycle.Within realm oxidative transformations, anode serves crucial component recycling generating photocatalyst, cathode promotes proton reduction. dual functionality enables via H

Язык: Английский

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Electrophotocatalysis for Organic Synthesis

Chemical Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 124(21), С. 12264 - 12304

Опубликована: Окт. 23, 2024

Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis have been the focus of extensive research efforts in organic synthesis recent decades, these powerful strategies provided a wealth new methods to construct complex molecules. Despite intense efforts, only recently has there significant on combined use two modalities. Nevertheless, past five years witnessed rapidly growing interest area electrophotocatalysis. This hybrid strategy capitalizes enormous benefits using photons as reagents while also employing an electric potential convenient tunable source or sink electrons. Research this topic led number for C-H functionalization, reductive cross-coupling, olefin addition among others. field seen broad range catalyst types, including both metal organocatalysts. Of particular note work with open-shell photocatalysts, which tend comparatively large redox potentials. Electrochemistry provides means generate such species, making electrophotocatalysis particularly amenable intriguing class catalyst. review surveys applied synthesis, organized broadly into oxidative, reductive, neutral transformations.

Язык: Английский

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Throwing Light on Synthetic Molecular Photoelectrocatalysis (Part I): coupling both techniques and results interpretation

Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101673 - 101673

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Organo-mediator enabled electrochemical transformations

Chemical Society Reviews, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

This review highlights organo-mediators that enable electrochemical reactions via outer-sphere electron transfer (ET), offering advantages such as availability, tunability, and simplified post-processing compared to direct electrolysis.

Язык: Английский

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Recent Advances in Organic Electrophotocatalytic Synthesis

Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 44(3), С. 840 - 840

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Catalyst-free electrochemical SNAr of electron-rich fluoroarenes using carboxylic acids

eScience, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(5), С. 100255 - 100255

Опубликована: Март 15, 2024

Herein, an electrochemically driven catalyst-free nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of electron-rich fluoroarenes with carboxylic acids as weak nucleophiles under mild conditions was reported. A series highly valuable ester derivatives were obtained in a direct and rapid way. This transformation features commercially available reagents exceptionally broad substrate scope good functional group tolerance, using cheap abundant electrodes completed within short reaction time. Gram-scale synthesis complex biorelevant compounds ligation further highlighted the potential utility methodology. The mechanistic investigations density theory (DFT) calculations verified feasibility proposed pathway this transformation.

Язык: Английский

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Organocatalyzed Photoelectrochemistry for the Generation of Acyl and Phosphoryl Radicals through Hydrogen Atom-Transfer Process

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 89(11), С. 7531 - 7540

Опубликована: Май 18, 2024

An organocatalyzed photoelectrochemical method for the generation of acyl and phosphoryl radicals from formamides, aldehydes, phosphine oxides has been developed. This protocol utilizes 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (PQ) as both a molecular catalyst hydrogen atom-transfer (HAT) reagent, eliminating requirement external metal-based reagents, HAT oxidants. The generated can be applied to range radical-mediated transformation reactions, including C–H carbamoylation heteroarenes, intermolecular tandem radical cyclization CF3-substituted N-arylacrylamides, well intramolecular reactions. use in these transformations offers an efficient sustainable approach accessing structurally diverse carbonyl compounds.

Язык: Английский

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