Angewandte Chemie, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 136(42)
Опубликована: Июль 24, 2024
Abstract The homolysis of chemical bonds represents one the most fundamental reactivities excited molecules. Historically, it has been exploited to generate radicals under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. However, unlike contemporary radical‐generating mechanisms, direct excitation homolyze and produce aliphatic carbon‐centered visible remains rare, especially in metallaphotoredox cross couplings. Herein, we present our design dihydropyrimidoquinolinone (DHPQ) reagents derived from ketones, which can undergo formal deacylation homolytic C−C bond cleavage release alkyl without external photocatalysts. Spectroscopic computational analysis reveal unique optical structural features DHPQs, rationalizing their faster kinetics radical generation than a structurally similar but visible‐light transparent precursor. Such capability allows DHPQ facilitate wide range Ni‐metallaphotoredox couplings with aryl, alkynyl acyl halides. Other catalytic non‐catalyzed alkylative transformations DHPQs are also feasible various acceptors. We believe this work would be broad interest, aiding synthetic planning simplified operation expanding reach photocatalyst‐free approaches cutting‐edge research.
Язык: Английский