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A complementary approach to conjugated N-acyliminium formation through photoredox-catalyzed intermolecular radical addition to allenamides and allencarbamates
- Olusesan K. Koleoso,
- Matthew Turner,
- Felix Plasser and
- Marc C. Kimber
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1983–1990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.165
- radical addition, using photoredox catalysis, to allenamides and allencarbamates is reported. This transformation synthesizes N-acyl-N’-aryl-N,N’-allylaminals, and proceeds by a conjugated N-acyliminium intermediate that previously has principally been generated by electrophilic activation methods. The
- in the synthesis of N,N’-aminals [50]. Therefore, photoredox-catalysis would be employed to generate an electrophilic radical that would add to the central carbon of the allenamide 1 to give a transient radical 13, whose oxidation, facilitated by the photoredox catalyst [47][48], would provide the
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Scheme 1: Electrophilic activation of allenamides.
Scheme 2: The planned intramolecular radical addition to allenamides generating the conjugated N-acyliminium ...
Scheme 3: Photoredox Ir-catalyzed intermolecular addition of bromide 18 and aniline 16 to allenamide 15.
Scheme 4: Reaction scope (a) allenamide; (b) arylamine nucleophile; (c) alcohol nucleophile.
Scheme 5: (a) Tentative mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed formation of the conjugated N-acyliminium inte...
When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis
- Lucas Guillemard and
- Joanna Wencel-Delord
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147
- previous functionalization, thus considerably reduce waste generation and a number of synthetic steps. In parallel, transformations involving photoredox catalysis promote radical reactions in the absence of radical initiators. They are conducted under particularly mild conditions while using the visible
- catalytic system is extremely appealing. In that perspective, the scope of this review aims to present innovative reactions combining C–H activation and visible-light induced photocatalysis. Keywords: C–H activation; C–H functionalization; dual catalysis; photoredox catalysis; radical chemistry
- catalysis with a second catalytic system has sparked significant interest from the scientific community. Accordingly, numerous unprecedented reactions involving photoredox catalysis in synergy with other activation modes including Brønsted/Lewis acid catalysis, organocatalysis, enzymatic biocatalysis, or
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Figure 1: Concept of dual synergistic catalysis.
Figure 2: Classification of catalytic systems involving two catalysts.
Figure 3: General mechanism for the dual nickel/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 4: General mechanisms for C–H activation catalysis involving different reoxidation strategies.
Figure 5: Indole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 7: Oxidative Heck reaction on arenes via the dual catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 9: Oxidative Heck reaction on phenols via the dual catalysis.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on phenols via dual catalysis.
Figure 11: Carbazole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the carbazole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 13: Carbonylation of enamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for carbonylation of enamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 15: Annulation of benzamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the annulation of benzamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 17: Synthesis of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 19: General concept of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 20: The first example of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation with diazonium salts via dual catalysis.
Figure 22: Dual catalysis merging C–H activation/photoredox using diaryliodonium salts.
Figure 23: Direct arylation via the dual catalytic system reported by Xu.
Figure 24: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Balaraman.
Figure 25: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Guo.
Figure 26: C(sp3)–H bond arylation via the dual Pd/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 27: Acetanilide derivatives acylation via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 28: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation with α-ketoacids via dual catalysis.
Figure 29: Acylation of azobenzenes via the dual catalysis C–H activation/photoredox.
Figure 30: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 31: Proposed mechanism for the C2-acylation of indoles with aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 32: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 33: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 34: Proposed mechanism for perfluoroalkylation of arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 35: Sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 36: Proposed mechanism for sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 37: meta-C–H Alkylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 38: Alternative procedure for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 39: Proposed mechanism for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 40: C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 41: Proposed mechanism for C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 42: Undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross coupling via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 43: Proposed mechanism for the undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross-coupling via dual catalysis.
Figure 44: Undirected C–H arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual manganese/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 45: Proposed mechanism for the undirected arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 46: Photoinduced C–H arylation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 47: Photo-induced C–H chalcogenation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 48: Decarboxylative C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual cobalt/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 49: Proposed mechanism for the C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual catalysis.
Figure 50: General mechanisms for the “classical” (left) and Cu-free variant (right) Sonogoshira reaction.
Figure 51: First example of a dual palladium/photoredox catalysis for Sonogashira-type couplings.
Figure 52: Arylation of terminal alkynes with diazonium salts via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 53: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of terminal alkynes via dual catalysis.
Figure 54: C–H Alkylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer (HAT).
Figure 55: Proposed mechanism for the C–H alkylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 56: C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 57: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by HAT.
Figure 58: Direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 59: Proposed mechanism for the direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 60: C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 61: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 62: C–H functionalization of nucleophiles via excited ketone/nickel dual catalysis.
Figure 63: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization enabled by excited ketones.
Figure 64: Selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 65: Proposed mechanism for the selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by HAT.
Figure 66: Direct C(sp3)–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 67: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 68: C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 69: Proposed mechanism for the C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 70: Alternative procedure for the C–H hydroalkylation of ynones, ynoates, and ynamides.
Figure 71: Allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 72: Proposed mechanism for the allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 73: Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual Cr/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 74: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 75: Aldehyde C–H functionalization promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization of aldehydes promoted by HAT.
Figure 77: Direct C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 78: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 79: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 80: Proposed mechanism for the C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds.
Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors
- Christopher G. Thomson,
- Ai-Lan Lee and
- Filipe Vilela
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
- some interesting reactor designs that could be implemented to enhance organic synthesis. Keywords: air purification; flow chemistry; heterogeneous photoredox catalysis; organic synthesis; reactor design; water purification; Review 1 Introduction 1.1 Scope of the review This review aims to be of
- discussion of the advantages and disadvantages to guide the reader in selecting the reactor best suited to their system. Following this, in Section 4, we review the recent applications of HPCats in flow reactors for synthetic organic chemistry through photoredox catalysis (PRC, Section 4.1) and energy
- visible light through single-electron transfer processes, now referred to as visible light photoredox catalysis (PRC). A similar query on the Web of Science for the term “Photoredox” clearly shows the surge in PRC research following those reports, from 2010 onwards (Figure 1A). However, what is
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Figure 1: A) Bar chart of the publications per year for the topics “Photocatalysis” (49,662 instances) and “P...
Figure 2: A) Professor Giacomo Ciamician and Dr. Paolo Silber on their roof laboratory at the University of B...
Scheme 1: PRC trifluoromethylation of N-methylpyrrole (1) using hazardous gaseous CF3I safely in a flow react...
Figure 3: A) Unit cells of the three most common crystal structures of TiO2: rutile, brookite, and anatase. R...
Figure 4: Illustration of the key semiconductor photocatalysis events: 1) A photon with a frequency exceeding...
Figure 5: Photocatalytic splitting of water by oxygen vacancies on a TiO2(110) surface. Reprinted with permis...
Figure 6: Proposed adsorption modes of A) benzene, B) chlorobenzene, C) toluene, D) phenol, E) anisole, and F...
Figure 7: Structures of the sulfonate-containing organic dyes RB5 (3) and MX-5B (4) and the adsorption isothe...
Figure 8: Idealised triclinic unit cell of a g-C3N4 type polymer, displaying possible hopping transport scena...
Figure 9: Idealised structure of a perfect g-C3N4 sheet. The central unit highlighted in red represents one t...
Figure 10: Timeline of the key processes of charge transport following the photoexcitation of g-C3N4, leading ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic bifunctionalisation of heteroarenes using mpg-C3N4, with the selected examples 5 and ...
Figure 11: A) Structure of four linear conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, displaying th...
Figure 12: Graphical representation of the common methods used to immobilise molecular photocatalysts (PC) ont...
Figure 13: Wireless light emitter-supported TiO2 (TiO2@WLE) HPCat spheres powered by resonant inductive coupli...
Figure 14: Graphical representation of zinc–perylene diimide (Zn-PDI) supramolecular assembly photocatalysis v...
Scheme 3: Upconversion of NIR photons to the UV frequency by NaYF4:Yb,Tm nanocrystals sequentially coated wit...
Figure 15: Types of reactors employed in heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow. A) Fixed bed reactors and the s...
Figure 16: Electrochemical potential of common semiconductor, transition metal, and organic dye-based photocat...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms of an immobilised molecular photoredox catalyst by oxidative or reductive quenc...
Scheme 5: Scheme of the CMB-C3N4 photocatalytic decarboxylative fluorination of aryloxyacetic acids, with the...
Scheme 6: Scheme of the g-C3N4 photocatalytic desilylative coupling reaction in flow and proposed mechanism [208].
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism of the radical cyclisation of unsaturated alkyl 2-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds...
Scheme 8: N-alkylation of benzylamine and schematic of the TiO2-coated microfluidic device [213].
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism of the Pt@TiO2 photocatalytic deaminitive cyclisation of ʟ-lysine (23) to ʟ-pipe...
Scheme 10: A) Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic oxidation of phenylboronic acid (24). B) Photos and SE...
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism for the DA-CMP3 photocatalytic aza-Henry reaction performed in a continuous flow...
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the cyclic product 32 by TiO2-NC HPCats in a slurry flow re...
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for the photocatalytic synthesis of homo and hetero disulfides in flow and scope of...
Scheme 14: Reaction scheme for the MoOx/TiO2 HPCat oxidation of cyclohexane (34) to benzene. The graph shows t...
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism of the TiO2 HPC heteroarene C–H functionalisation via aryl radicals generated fr...
Scheme 16: Scheme of the oxidative coupling of benzylamines with the HOTT-HATN HPCat and selected examples of ...
Scheme 17: Photocatalysis oxidation of benzyl alcohol (40) to benzaldehyde (41) in a microflow reactor coated ...
Figure 17: Mechanisms of Dexter and Forster energy transfer.
Scheme 18: Continuous flow process for the isomerisation of alkenes with an ionic liquid-immobilised photocata...
Scheme 19: Singlet oxygen synthetic step in the total synthesis of canataxpropellane [265].
Scheme 20: Scheme and proposed mechanism of the singlet oxygen photosensitisation by CMP_X HPCats, with the st...
Scheme 21: Structures of CMP HPCat materials applied by Vilela and co-workers for the singlet oxygen photosens...
Scheme 22: Polyvinylchloride resin-supported TDCPP photosensitisers applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisat...
Scheme 23: Structure of the ionically immobilised TPP photosensitiser on amberlyst-15 ion exchange resins (TPP...
Scheme 24: Photosensitised singlet oxygen oxidation of citronellol (46) in scCO2, with automatic phase separat...
Scheme 25: Schematic of PS-Est-BDP-Cl2 being applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisation in flow. A) Pseudo-...
Scheme 26: Reaction scheme of the singlet oxygen oxidation of furoic acid (54) using a 3D-printed microfluidic...
Figure 18: A) Photocatalytic bactericidal mechanism by ROS oxidative cleavage of membrane lipids (R = H, amino...
Figure 19: A) Suggested mechanisms for the aqueous pollutant degradation by TiO2 in a slurry flow reactor [284-287]. B)...
Figure 20: Schematic of the flow system used for the degradation of aqueous oxytetracycline (56) solutions [215]. M...
Scheme 27: Degradation of a salicylic acid (57) solution by a coupled solar photoelectro-Fenton (SPEF) process...
Figure 21: A) Schematic flow diagram using the TiO2-coated NETmix microfluidic device for an efficient mass tr...
Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review
- Alessandra Del Tito,
- Havall Othman Abdulla,
- Davide Ravelli,
- Stefano Protti and
- Maurizio Fagnoni
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123
- is a quite unexplored field, a notable exception being the seminal work published in 1984 by Cano-Yelo and Deronzier, where the authors reported one of the first applications of the Ru(bpy)32+ complex in photoredox catalysis (Scheme 1). This contribution described a photo-Pschorr cyclization
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Figure 1: Bioactive phenanthridine and phenanthridinium derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of phenanthrenes by a photo-Pschorr reaction.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of phenanthrenes by a benzannulation reaction.
Scheme 3: Photocatalytic cyclization of α-bromochalcones for the synthesis of phenanthrenes.
Figure 2: Carbon-centered and nitrogen-centered radicals used for the synthesis of phenanthridines.
Scheme 4: General scheme describing the synthesis of phenanthridines from isocyanides via imidoyl radicals.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of substituted phenanthridines involving the intermediacy of electrophilic radicals.
Scheme 6: Photocatalyzed synthesis of 6-β-ketoalkyl phenanthridines.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 6-substituted phenanthridines through the addition of trifluoromethyl (path a), phenyl...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 6-(trifluoromethyl)-7,8-dihydrobenzo[k]phenanthridine.
Scheme 9: Phenanthridine syntheses by using photogenerated radicals formed through a C–H bond homolytic cleav...
Scheme 10: Trifluoroacetimidoyl chlorides as starting substrates for the synthesis of 6-(trifluoromethyl)phena...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of phenanthridines via aryl–aryl-bond formation.
Scheme 12: Oxidative conversion of N-biarylglycine esters to phenanthridine-6-carboxylates.
Scheme 13: Photocatalytic synthesis of benzo[f]quinolines from 2-heteroaryl-substituted anilines and heteroary...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of noravicine (14.2a) and nornitidine (14.2b) alkaloids.
Scheme 15: Gram-scale synthesis of the alkaloid trisphaeridine (15.3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of phenanthridines starting from vinyl azides.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of pyrido[4,3,2-gh]phenanthridines 17.5a–d through the radical trifluoromethylthiolation ...
Scheme 18: The direct oxidative C–H amidation involving amidyl radicals for the synthesis of phenanthridones.
An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions
- Yeersen Patehebieke
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118
- . Under photoirradiation, organic disulfides can be easily cleaved into free thiyl radicals (RS•) and can reversibly add to unsaturated multiple bonds to catalyze a variety of functionalization reactions under mild conditions. In photoredox catalysis reactions, an excellent electron transfer ability and
- variety of reactions, renders them a class of green, economic, mild, and chemoselective radical catalyst. Apart from this, they are also excellent HAT catalysts in photoredox catalysis systems [2][3]. In various types of organic photochemistry reactions, such as cyclizations, anti-Markovnikov additions
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Scheme 1: [3 + 2] cyclization catalyzed by diaryl disulfide.
Scheme 2: [3 + 2] cycloaddition catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 3: Disulfide-bridged peptide-catalyzed enantioselective cycloaddition.
Scheme 4: Disulfide-catalyzed [3 + 2] methylenecyclopentane annulations.
Scheme 5: Disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst in the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction using disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst.
Scheme 7: Disulfide-catalyzed ring expansion of vinyl spiro epoxides.
Scheme 8: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of diarylacetylene.
Scheme 9: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic photooxidative cleavage of olefins.
Scheme 10: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 12: Disulfide-catalyzed oxidation of allyl alcohols.
Scheme 13: Disulfide-catalyzed diboration of alkynes.
Scheme 14: Dehalogenative radical cyclization catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 15: Hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 16: Plausible mechanism of the hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 17: Disulfide-cocatalyzed anti-Markovnikov olefin hydration reactions.
Scheme 18: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 20: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 21: Disulfide-catalyzed conversion of maleate esters to fumarates and 5H-furanones.
Scheme 22: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of difluorotriethylsilylethylene.
Scheme 23: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 24: Proposed mechanism for the disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compound...
Scheme 25: Diphenyl disulfide-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of ophirin B.
Scheme 26: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the total synthesis of (+)-hitachimycin.
Scheme 27: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the synthesis of (−)-gloeosporone.
Photocatalytic trifluoromethoxylation of arenes and heteroarenes in continuous-flow
- Alexander V. Nyuchev,
- Ting Wan,
- Borja Cendón,
- Carlo Sambiagio,
- Job J. C. Struijs,
- Michelle Ho,
- Moisés Gulías,
- Ying Wang and
- Timothy Noël
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1305–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.111
- , partially due to the general interest of the community into C–H functionalization methodologies [18][19], and partially thanks to the synthetic possibilities enabled by photoredox catalysis, a field widely explored in recent years [20][21][22]. In 2018, Ngai [23][24] and Togni [25] reported simple
- residence time up to 16 times in comparison to the batch procedure, while achieving similar or higher yields. In addition, the use of inorganic bases was demonstrated to increase the reaction yield under batch conditions. Keywords: C–H functionalization; continuous-flow; organic synthesis; photoredox
- catalysis; trifluoromethoxylation; Introduction The number of fluorine-containing compounds and their influence in medicine and agrochemistry are increasing every year [1][2]. The introduction in a drug (or a bioactive compound in general) of single fluorine atoms, or multiple fluorine-containing
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Scheme 1: A) Properties and B) synthesis of CF3O-bearing arenes; C) trifluoromethoxylation using the “second”...
Scheme 2: Optimization of residence time. 19F NMR yields are reported.
Scheme 3: Scope of photoredox trifluoromethoxylation in continuous-flow. In case of different products, the m...
Figure 1: Effect of KH2PO4 – other substrates. a Conditions as for entry 15 (Table 2), 1 h residence time; b conditi...
Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis
- Stephanie G. E. Amos,
- Marion Garreau,
- Luca Buzzetti and
- Jerome Waser
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103
- -, nitrogen-, oxygen-, and sulfur-centered radicals, open-shell charged species, and sensitized organic compounds. Keywords: organic dyes; photocatalysis; photoredox catalysis; radicals; reactive intermediates; Review Introduction In the last decade, synthetic organic chemistry has experienced the
- each of these steps, the role of A or D is assumed by a redox-active agent, either the substrate, a sacrificial electron donor/acceptor, or a reactive intermediate. This approach, usually named photoredox catalysis, has known a remarkable growth in the last decade and has given access to both neutral
- [32]. Recently, photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful tool to access C(sp3) radicals, and organic dyes (ODs) have been demonstrated to act as competent photocatalysts for these light-mediated reactions. The main strategies used include decarboxylations from carboxylic acid derivatives (CO2X
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Figure 1: Selected examples of organic dyes. Mes-Acr+: 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium, DCA: 9,10-dicyanoanthra...
Scheme 1: Activation modes in photocatalysis.
Scheme 2: Main strategies for the formation of C(sp3) radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 3: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from carboxylic acids:...
Scheme 4: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from redoxactiv...
Figure 2: Common substrates for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals.
Scheme 5: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from dihydropyridines ...
Scheme 6: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals from trifluorob...
Scheme 7: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from benzylic h...
Scheme 8: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via direct HAT: the cross...
Scheme 9: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via indirect HAT: the deu...
Scheme 10: Selected precursors for the generation of aryl radicals using organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 11: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl diazoni...
Scheme 12: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from haloarenes:...
Scheme 13: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl halides...
Scheme 14: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from arylsulfonyl...
Scheme 15: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of aryl radicals from triaryl sulf...
Scheme 16: Main strategies towards acyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 17: Illustrative example for the decarboxylative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from α-keto...
Scheme 18: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from acyl silanes...
Scheme 19: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of carbamoyl radicals from 4-carba...
Scheme 20: Illustrative example of the photocatalytic HAT approach for the generation of acyl radicals from al...
Scheme 21: General reactivity of a) radical cations; b) radical anions; c) the main strategies towards aryl an...
Scheme 22: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of alkene radical cations from alk...
Scheme 23: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of an alkene radical anion from al...
Figure 3: Structure of C–X radical anions and their neutral derivatives.
Scheme 24: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reduction of imines and the generation of an α-amino C(...
Scheme 25: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of aryl radical cations from arene...
Scheme 26: NCR classifications and generation.
Scheme 27: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of iminyl radicals from O-aryl oxi...
Scheme 28: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals from α-N-oxy ac...
Scheme 29: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals via an N–H bond...
Scheme 30: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from Weinreb am...
Scheme 31: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from hydroxylam...
Scheme 32: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from N-aminopyr...
Scheme 33: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from α-amido-ox...
Scheme 34: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of aminium radicals: the N-aryltet...
Scheme 35: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 36: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 37: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of hydrazonyl radical from hydrazo...
Scheme 38: Generation of O-radicals.
Scheme 39: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from N-alkoxypyridinium salts...
Scheme 40: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from alkyl hydroperoxides: th...
Scheme 41: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of thiyl radicals from thiols: the...
Scheme 42: Main strategies and reagents for the generation of sulfonyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 43: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from arylsulf...
Scheme 44: Illustrative example of a Cl atom abstraction strategy for the photocatalytic generation of sulfamo...
Scheme 45: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from sulfinic...
Scheme 46: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Scheme 47: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches
- Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
- Luely Oliveira da Silva,
- Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
- Timothy John Brocksom and
- Kleber Thiago de Oliveira
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83
- metal-organic (MOF) and covalent-organic frameworks (COF), have significantly expanded the use of these compounds in photoredox catalysis due to the singular electronic features of these materials and chemical robustness as catalysts. The appearance of porphyrins as photoredox catalysts for C–C bond
- the same authors using 2 mol % of a Ru complex as photocatalyst (44–88%) [24]. The mechanism proposed by the authors was supported by the detection of some reaction intermediates, and suggest that TPP works in both energy transfer and photoredox catalysis (Scheme 2). Subsequently, Gryko’s group
- photoarylation of isopropenyl acetate. The corresponding α-aryl ketone was obtained in 28–53% overall yield depending on the scale. An 8 h experiment was conducted in a continuous steady-state mode, producing the same α-aryl ketone in 48% yield on a 3 gram-scale (Scheme 5B). Photoredox catalysis is not limited
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the porphyrinoids and their absorption spectra: in bold are highlighted the ...
Figure 2: Photophysical and photochemical processes (Por = porphyrin). Adapted from [12,18].
Figure 3: Main dual photocatalysts and their oxidative/reductive excited state potentials, including porphyri...
Scheme 1: Photoredox alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates using porphyrins and a Ru complex. aUsing a ...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates in the presence of TPP.
Scheme 3: Arylation of heteroarenes with aryldiazonium salts using TPFPP as photocatalyst, and corresponding ...
Scheme 4: A) Scope with different aryldiazonium salts and enol acetates. B) Photocatalytic cycles and compari...
Scheme 5: Photoarylation of isopropenyl acetate A) Comparison between batch and continuous-flow approaches an...
Scheme 6: Dehalogenation induced by red light using thiaporphyrin (STPP).
Scheme 7: Applications of NiTPP as both photoreductant and photooxidant.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for obtaining tetrahydroquinolines by reductive quenching.
Scheme 9: Selenylation and thiolation of anilines.
Scheme 10: NiTPP as photoredox catalyst in oxidative and reductive quenching, in comparison with other photoca...
Scheme 11: C–O bond cleavage of 1-phenylethanol using a cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPP) under visible light.
Scheme 12: Hydration of terminal alkynes by RhIII(TSPP) under visible light irradiation.
Scheme 13: Regioselective photocatalytic hydro-defluorination of perfluoroarenes by RhIII(TSPP).
Scheme 14: Formation of 2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran by intramolecular hydro-functionalization of allylpheno...
Scheme 15: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photoca...
Scheme 16: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using MOF-525 as heterogeneous photocat...
Scheme 17: Preparation of the heterogeneous photocatalyst CNH.
Scheme 18: Photoinduced sulfonation of alkenes with sulfinic acid using CNH as photocatalyst.
Scheme 19: Sulfonic acid scope of the sulfonation reactions.
Scheme 20: Regioselective sulfonation reaction of arimistane.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of quinazolin-4-(3H)-ones.
Scheme 22: Selective photooxidation of aromatic benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes using Pt/PCN-224(Zn).
Scheme 23: Photooxidation of benzaldehydes to benzoic acids using Pt or Pd porphyrins.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic reduction of various nitroaromatics using a Ni-MOF.
Scheme 25: Photoinduced cycloadditions of CO2 with epoxides by MOF1.
Figure 4: Electronic configurations of the species of oxygen. Adapted from [66].
Scheme 26: TPP-photocatalyzed generation of 1O2 and its application in organic synthesis. Adapted from [67-69].
Scheme 27: Pericyclic reactions involving singlet oxygen and their mechanisms. Adapted from [67].
Scheme 28: First scaled up ascaridole preparation from α-terpinene.
Scheme 29: Antimalarial drug synthesis using an endoperoxidation approach.
Scheme 30: Photooxygenation of colchicine.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of (−)-pinocarvone from abundant (+)-α-pinene.
Scheme 32: Seeberger’s semi-synthesis of artemisinin.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of artemisinin using TPP and supercritical CO2.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of artemisinin using chlorophyll a.
Scheme 35: Quercitol stereoisomer preparation.
Scheme 36: Photocatalyzed preparation of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 37: Continuous endoperoxidation of conjugated dienes and subsequent rearrangements leading to oxidized ...
Scheme 38: The Opatz group total synthesis of (–)-oxycodone.
Scheme 39: Biomimetic syntheses of rhodonoids A, B, E, and F.
Scheme 40: α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric photooxidation of indanone β-keto esters by singlet oxygen using PTC as a chiral inducer...
Scheme 42: Asymmetric photooxidation of both β-keto esters and β-keto amides by singlet oxygen using PTC-2 as ...
Scheme 43: Bifunctional photo-organocatalyst used for the asymmetric oxidation of β-keto esters and β-keto ami...
Scheme 44: Mechanism of singlet oxygen oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.
Scheme 45: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using protonated porphyrins as photocatalysts. aIsol...
Scheme 46: Photochemical oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 47: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using SnPor@PAF as a photosensitizer.
Scheme 48: Syntheses of 2D-PdPor-COF and 3D-Pd-COF.
Scheme 49: Photocatalytic oxidation of A) thioanisole to methyl phenyl sulfoxide and B) various aryl sulfides,...
Scheme 50: General mechanism for oxidation of amines to imines.
Scheme 51: Oxidation of secondary amines to imines.
Scheme 52: Oxidation of secondary amines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 53: Oxidative amine coupling using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of Por-COF-1 and Por-COF-2.
Scheme 55: Photocatalytic oxidation of amines to imines by Por-COF-2.
Scheme 56: Photocyanation of primary amines.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of ᴅ,ʟ-tert-leucine hydrochloride.
Scheme 58: Photocyanation of catharanthine and 16-O-acetylvindoline using TPP.
Scheme 59: Photochemical α-functionalization of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 60: Ugi-type reaction with 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 61: Ugi-type reaction with dibenzylamines using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 62: Mannich-type reaction of tertiary amines using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 63: Oxidative Mannich reaction using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 64: Transformation of amines to α-cyanoepoxides and the proposed mechanism.
Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations
- Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
- Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
- Christoforos G. Kokotos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76
- presented. Keywords: aldehyde; green chemistry; photochemistry; photoinitiation; sustainable chemistry; Introduction Photochemistry, and especially photoredox catalysis have altered the way that modern researchers treat radical species [1][2][3][4]. In most cases, a metal-based photocatalyst is employed
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Norrish type I and II dissociations.
Scheme 2: Proposed radical pair formation after the photolysis of benzaldehyde (8).
Scheme 3: Aldehydes in the Paterno–Büchi reaction.
Scheme 4: 2,3-Diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (DBH).
Scheme 5: Dissociation pathways of benzaldehyde.
Scheme 6: Reactions that lead to polarized products detectable by CIDNP.
Scheme 7: MMA (26), DEABP (27), and Michler’s ketone (28).
Scheme 8: Radical intermediates of DEABP.
Scheme 9: Photoinitiated polymerization of monomeric MMA (26) using the quinoxalines 32 and benzaldehyde (8).
Scheme 10: Acetone (4) and formaldehyde (35) as photografting initiators.
Scheme 11: Photografting by employing acetaldehyde (36) as the photoinitiator.
Scheme 12: Proposed photolysis mechanism for aliphatic ketones 44 and formaldehyde (35).
Scheme 13: Initiator 50, reductant 51, and benzaldehyde derivatives 52–54 for the polymerization of the methac...
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism of the photomediated atom transfer radical polymerization employing the benzalde...
Scheme 15: cis/trans isomerization employing triplet states of photosensitizers.
Scheme 16: Salicylaldehyde (68) forms an internal hydrogen bond.
Scheme 17: Olefin isomerization via energy transfer from a carbonyl compound.
Scheme 18: Mechanistic pathways for the Paterno–Büchi reaction.
Scheme 19: Isomeric oxetanes formed after photochemical addition of aryl aldehydes to 2-butenes.
Scheme 20: Rotation of the C3–C4 bond of the biradical intermediate may lead to all four conformations.
Scheme 21: Photolysis products of benzaldehyde (8) in different solvents. a) In benzene or ethanol. b) In hex-...
Scheme 22: N-tert-Butylbenzamide formation proceeds via a benzoyl radical.
Scheme 23: Photochemical pinacol coupling.
Scheme 24: Photochemical ATRA catalyzed by 4-anisaldehyde (52).
Scheme 25: Proposed triplet sensitization mechanism of the ATRA reaction in the presence of 4-anisaldehyde (52...
Scheme 26: Benzaldehyde-mediated photoredox CDC reaction: compatible amides and ethers.
Scheme 27: Photoredox cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) conditions and proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 28: Optimized conditions for the photoredox merger reaction.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation of ethers.
Scheme 30: Substrate scope for the photochemical alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 31: C(sp3)–H Functionalization of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 32: Substrate scope for the photochemical alkylation of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 33: Additional products yielded by the photochemical alkylation reaction of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 34: C(sp3)–H functionalization of thioethers.
Scheme 35: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation of N-containing molecules and thioethers.
Scheme 36: Hydroacylation using 4-cyanobenzaldehyde (53) as the photoinitiator.
Scheme 37: Selectivity for the formation of the α,α-disubstituted aldehydes.
Scheme 38: Substrate scope for the photochemical addition of aldehydes to Michael acceptors.
Scheme 39: Proposed mechanism for the hydroacylation of Michael acceptors using 4-cyanobenzaldehyde (53) as th...
Scheme 40: Catalytic arylation of aromatic aldehydes by aryl bromides in which the reaction product acts as th...
Scheme 41: Proposed mechanism for the catalytic arylation of benzaldehydes by aryl bromides in which the react...
Scheme 42: Functionalization of the chiral cyclobutanes 180.
Scheme 43: Optimized reaction conditions and proposed mechanism for the sulfonylcyanation of cyclobutenes.
Photocatalytic deaminative benzylation and alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with N-alkylpyrydinium salts
- David Schönbauer,
- Carlo Sambiagio,
- Timothy Noël and
- Michael Schnürch
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.74
- (sp3) coupling; deaminative coupling; Katritzky salt; photoredox catalysis; Introduction The selective formation of new carbon–carbon bonds via direct C–H functionalization bears the potential of being a process of high efficiency [1][2][3]. Since C–H bonds are omnipresent in organic compounds it is
- ], alkynation [17][18], or allylation [19]), this method has certain drawbacks, most importantly the frequent requirement of superstoichiometric amounts of an oxidant. Hence, alternative methods were investigated and photoredox catalysis proved to be a viable option [20][21][22]. By now, several different
- methods for C–C bond formation at the α position of these amines have been studied under photoredox catalysis (Scheme 1) [23][24][25][26]. Among the functionalized THIQs, 1-benzyl-substituted analogues were shown to be able to modulate Ca/K channels, and the synthesis of these compounds is therefore of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Examples of photocatalytic C–C bond formation by nucleophilic trapping of a reactive THIQ intermedi...
Figure 1: Kinetic profile for the benzylation of 1 to 3.
Scheme 2: Benzylation of N-phenyl-THIQ.
Scheme 3: Benzylation of substituted N-arylTHIQs.
Scheme 4: Removal of the PMP protecting group.
Scheme 5: Alkylation of N-phenyl-THIQ derivatives. Conditions: a2 mol % [Ir(dtbbpy)(ppy)2]PF6, DMA, 60 h; b2 ...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism.
Visible-light-induced addition of carboxymethanide to styrene from monochloroacetic acid
- Kaj M. van Vliet,
- Nicole S. van Leeuwen,
- Albert M. Brouwer and
- Bas de Bruin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38
- traditional reactivity of this compound. Here, we investigated the possibility of applying monochloroacetic acid as a substrate for photoredox catalysis with styrene to directly produce γ-phenyl-γ-butyrolactone. Instead of using nucleophilic substitution, we cleaved the carbon chlorine bond by single-electron
- glycine and diethyl malonate, are based on nucleophilic substitution of the chlorine [6][7][8][9][10]. In an attempt to find new synthetic applications of monochloroacetic acid we turned our attention to photoredox catalysis. We were inspired by the rebirth of visible light photoredox catalysis, induced
- , resulting in reactivity different from common two-electron pathways. Photoredox catalysis reactivity is very different from traditional redox reactions, and the same reactivity cannot be achieved by stoichiometric addition of both a reductant and an oxidant to a reaction mixture (as that would lead to a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: A part of the industry around monochloroacetic acid.
Scheme 1: Redox based activation of haloacetic acid.
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammogram of monochloroacetic acid and ferrocene with 0.1 M [TBA][PF6] in MeCN. The poten...
Scheme 2: Initial attempts for lactone formation by photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 3: The photoredox reaction of TEMPO with monochloroacetic acid catalyzed by fac-[Ir(ppy)3].
Figure 3: EPR spectra measured (black) and simulated (red) based on the structure of the oxidized photoredox ...
Scheme 4: Two possible acid-assisted, reductive activation pathways of monochloroacetic acid (A–H = acid).
Figure 4: Reaction mixtures after overnight irradiation of (A) 4-chloro-4-phenylbutanoic acid (3) and fac-[Ir...
Scheme 5: Substrate scope of styrene derivatives in the photoredox reaction with monochloroacetic acid. Yield...
Scheme 6: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 7: The photoredox formation of 1-(chloromethoxy)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.
Recent developments in photoredox-catalyzed remote ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations
- Rafia Siddiqui and
- Rashid Ali
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26
- compounds, including bioactive natural and nonnatural products, but also due to its impact on the discovery of pharmaceutical candidates and the total synthesis of intricate natural products. On the other hand, more recently, the field of photoredox catalysis has become an indispensable and unparalleled
- in this vital area of research, to our best knowledge, this is the first review that focuses on ortho and para C–H functionalizations by photoredox catalysis to provide atom- and step-economic organic transformations. We are certain that this review will act as a promoter to highlight the application
- of photoredox catalysts for the functionalization of inert bonds in the domain of synthetic organic chemistry. Keywords: dual catalysis; light; ortho and para C–H bond functionalization; photoredox catalysis; Introduction Over a short period of time, direct C–H bond functionalizations by photoredox
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: List of photoredox catalysts used for C–H bond functionalizations.
Figure 2: List of metal-based photoredox catalysts used in this review article.
Figure 3: Jablonski diagram.
Figure 4: Photoredox catalysis via reductive or oxidative pathways. D = donor, A = acceptor, S = substrate, P...
Figure 5: Schematic representation of the combination of photoredox catalysis and transition metal catalysis.
Scheme 1: Weinreb amide C–H olefination.
Figure 6: Mechanism for the formation of 21 from 19 using photoredox catalyst 11.
Scheme 2: C–H olefination of phenolic ethers.
Scheme 3: Decarboxylative acylation of acetanilides.
Figure 7: Mechanism for the formation of 30 from acetanilide derivatives.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of fluorenone derivatives by intramolecular deoxygenative acylation of biaryl carboxylic ...
Figure 8: Mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of fluorenone derivatives.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of benzothiazoles via aerobic C–H thiolation.
Figure 9: Plausible mechanism for the construction of benzothiazoles from benzothioamides.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of benzothiazoles via oxidant-free C–H thiolation.
Figure 10: Mechanism involved in the synthesis of benzothiazoles via oxidant-free C–H thiolation.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of indoles via C–H cyclization of anilides with alkynes.
Scheme 8: Preparation of 3-trifluoromethylcoumarins via C–H cyclization of arylpropiolate esters.
Figure 11: Mechanistic pathway for the synthesis of coumarin derivatives via C–H cyclization.
Scheme 9: Monobenzoyloxylation without chelation assistance.
Figure 12: Plausible mechanism for the formation of 71 from 70.
Scheme 10: Aryl-substituted arenes prepared by inorganic photoredox catalysis using 12a.
Figure 13: Proposed mechanism for C–H arylations in the presence of 12a and a Pd catalyst.
Scheme 11: Arylation of purines via dual photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 12: Arylation of substituted arenes with an organic photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 13: C–H trifluoromethylation.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for the trifluoromethylation of 88.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of benzo-3,4-coumarin derivatives.
Figure 15: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of substituted coumarins.
Scheme 15: Oxidant-free oxidative phosphonylation.
Figure 16: Mechanism proposed for the phosphonylation reaction of 100.
Scheme 16: Nitration of anilines.
Figure 17: Plausible mechanism for the nitration of aniline derivatives via photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of carbazoles via intramolecular amination.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the formation of carbazoles from biaryl derivatives.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of substituted phenols using QuCN.
Figure 19: Mechanism for the synthesis of phenol derivatives with photoredox catalyst 8.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of substituted phenols with DDQ (5).
Figure 20: Possible mechanism for the generation of phenols with the aid of photoredox catalyst 5.
Scheme 20: Aerobic bromination of arenes using an acridinium-based photocatalyst.
Scheme 21: Aerobic bromination of arenes with anthraquinone.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of monobrominated compounds.
Scheme 22: Chlorination of benzene derivatives with Mes-Acr-MeClO4 (2).
Figure 22: Mechanism for the synthesis of 131 from 132.
Scheme 23: Chlorination of arenes with 4CzIPN (5a).
Figure 23: Plausible mechanism for the oxidative photocatalytic monochlorination using 5a.
Scheme 24: Monofluorination using QuCN-ClO4 (8).
Scheme 25: Fluorination with fluorine-18.
Scheme 26: Aerobic amination with acridinium catalyst 3a.
Figure 24: Plausible mechanism for the aerobic amination using acridinium catalyst 3a.
Scheme 27: Aerobic aminations with semiconductor photoredox catalyst 18.
Scheme 28: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of benzonitriles in the presence of 3a.
Figure 25: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of substituted benzonitrile derivatives in the presence of 3a....
Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups
- Xiaowei Li,
- Xiaolin Shi,
- Xiangqian Li and
- Dayong Shi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The main three strategies of fluorination: nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical fluorination.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s Pd-catalyzed fluorination of allylic chlorides.
Scheme 3: Allylic fluorination of 2- and 3-substituted propenyl esters.
Scheme 4: Regioselective allylic fluorination of cinnamyl phosphorothioate esters.
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalyzed aliphatic C–H fluorination reported by Doyle.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of α-ketoesters followed by stereoselective reduction to...
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination of oxindoles.
Scheme 8: C–H fluorination of 8-methylquinoline derivatives with F− reagents.
Scheme 9: Fluorination of α-cyano acetates reported by van Leeuwen.
Scheme 10: The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic C–H fluorination of α-chloro-β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 11: Fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds directed by the bidentate PIP auxiliary.
Scheme 12: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds at the β-position of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective benzylic C–H fluorination with a chiral transient directing group.
Scheme 14: Microwave-heated Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl alcohols.
Scheme 15: Fluorination of aryl potassium trifluoroborates.
Scheme 16: C(sp2)–F bond formation using precatalyst [L·Pd]2(cod).
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed fluorination of (hetero)aryl triflates and bromides.
Scheme 18: The Pd-catalyzed C–H fluorination of arenes with Selectfluor/NFSI.
Scheme 19: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-monofluorination protocol for benzoic acids.
Scheme 20: Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–H bond fluorination of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.
Scheme 21: Nitrate-promoted fluorination of aromatic and olefinic C(sp2)–H bonds and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Fluorination of oxalyl amide-protected benzylamine derivatives.
Scheme 23: C–H fluorination of benzaldehydes with orthanilic acids as transient directing group.
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed aryl C–H fluorination with various directing groups.
Scheme 25: Cu-catalyzed aliphatic, allylic, and benzylic fluorination.
Scheme 26: Cu-catalyzed SN2 fluorination of primary and secondary alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed fluorination of alkyl triflates.
Scheme 28: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of allylic bromides and chlorides.
Scheme 29: Synthetic strategy for the fluorination of active methylene compounds.
Scheme 30: Fluorination of β-ketoesters using a tartrate-derived bidentate bisoxazoline-Cu(II) complex.
Scheme 31: Highly enantioselective fluorination of β-ketoesters and N-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 32: Amide group-assisted site-selective fluorination of α-bromocarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 33: Cu-mediated aryl fluorination reported by Sanford [77].
Scheme 34: Mono- or difluorination reactions of benzoic acid derivatives.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.
Scheme 36: Copper(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-pyridylaryl bromides.
Scheme 37: AgNO3-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: The Mn-catalyzed aliphatic and benzylic C–H fluorination.
Scheme 39: Iron(II)-promoted C–H fluorination of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 40: Ag-catalyzed fluorodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 41: Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 42: AgNO3-catalyzed radical deboronofluorination of alkylboronates and boronic acids.
Scheme 43: Selective heterobenzylic C–H fluorination with Selectfluor reported by Van Humbeck.
Scheme 44: Fe(II)-catalyzed site-selective fluorination guided by an alkoxyl radical.
Scheme 45: Fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates reported by Nguyen et al.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed fluorination of allylic carbonates with TBAF(t-BuOH)4.
Scheme 47: Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates.
Scheme 48: Cobalt-catalyzed α-fluorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 49: Nickel-catalyzed α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters.
Scheme 50: Ni(II)-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of oxindoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 51: Scandium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H fluorination of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed directed C–H fluorination.
Scheme 53: Electrophilic silver-catalyzed Ar–F bond-forming reaction from arylstannanes.
Figure 1: Nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical CF3 sources.
Scheme 54: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins.
Scheme 55: Direct copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes.
Scheme 56: Cupper-catalyzed enantioselective trifluoromethylation of five and six-membered ring β-ketoesters.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed highly stereoselective trifluoromethylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates.
Scheme 58: Remote C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of carboxamides and sulfonamides.
Scheme 59: Trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes with photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 60: Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids in aqueous CH3CN.
Scheme 61: Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids via combined photoredox and copp...
Scheme 62: Palladium-catalyzed Ar–CF3 bond-forming reaction.
Scheme 63: Palladium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes with diverse heterocyclic directing groups.
Scheme 64: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of indoles as reported by Liu.
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of vinyl triflates and vinyl nonaflates.
Scheme 66: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of aromatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of acetanilides with CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 68: CuI-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids.
Scheme 69: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinylboronic acids.
Scheme 70: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 71: Formation of C(sp2)–CF3 bond catalyzed by copper(I) complex.
Scheme 72: Loh’s Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of enamides and electron-deficient alkenes.
Scheme 73: Copper and iron-catalyzed decarboxylative tri- and difluoromethylation.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of hydrazones developed by Bouyssi.
Scheme 75: Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 76: Cu/Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed direct alkenyl C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 78: Copper(I/II)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives.
Scheme 79: Regioselective trifluoromethylation of pivalamido arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of trifluoromethylquinones in the presence of copper(I).
Scheme 81: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazoheterocycles in ionic liquid/water.
Scheme 82: A mild and fast continuous-flow trifluoromethylation of coumarins using a CuI/CF3SO2Na/TBHP system.
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylation of various 8-aminoquinolines.
Scheme 84: PA-directed copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of anilines.
Scheme 85: Trifluoromethylation of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates catalyzed by Fe(II).
Scheme 86: Alkenyl trifluoromethylation catalyzed by Ru(phen)3Cl2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 87: Ru-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkenes by Akita’s group.
Scheme 88: Ir-catalyzed Cvinyl–CF3 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 89: Ag(I)-catalyzed denitrative trifluoromethylation of β-nitrostyrenes.
Scheme 90: Photocatalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl C–H bonds.
Scheme 91: Rhenium (MTO)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aromatic substrates.
Scheme 92: Trifluoromethylation of unprotected anilines under [Ir(ppy)3] catalyst.
Scheme 93: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazopyridines and imidazoheterocycles.
Scheme 94: Ruthenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride.
Scheme 95: Phosphovanadomolybdic acid-catalyzed direct C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 96: Picolinamide-assisted ortho-trifluoromethylation of arylamines.
Scheme 97: A nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of free anilines.
Scheme 98: Cu-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes reported by Qing.
Scheme 99: Huang’s C(sp)–H trifluoromethylation using Togni’s reagent.
Scheme 100: Cu-catalyzed methods for trifluoromethylation with Umemoto’s reagent.
Scheme 101: The synthesis of alkynyl-CF3 compounds in the presence of fac-[Ir(ppy)3] under visible-light irradi...
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction reported by Reutrakul.
Scheme 103: Difluoromethylation of enamides and ene-carbamates.
Scheme 104: Difluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 105: Copper-catalyzed direct C(sp2)–H difluoroacetylation reported by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 106: Difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones with functionalized difluoromethyl bromides.
Scheme 107: Photoredox-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones.
Scheme 108: Synergistic ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H difluoromethylation reported by Ackermann.
Scheme 109: Visible-light photocatalytic decarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 110: Synthesis of difluorinated ketones via S-alkyl dithiocarbamates obtained from acyl chlorides and po...
Scheme 111: Synthesis of aryl and heteroaryl difluoromethylated phosphonates.
Scheme 112: Difluoroalkylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates using Cu as the catalyst.
Scheme 113: Ru(II)-mediated para-selective difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives.
Scheme 114: Bulky diamine ligand promoted cross-coupling of difluoroalkyl bromides.
Scheme 115: Copper-catalyzed C3–H difluoroacetylation of quinoxalinones.
Scheme 116: Copper(I) chloride-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 117: Copper-boxmi-catalyzed asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 118: Direct Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of boronic acids and alkynes.
Scheme 119: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthio-substituted ketones.
Scheme 120: Trifluoromethylthiolation reactions promoted by diazotriflone and copper.
Scheme 121: Halide activation of N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide.
Scheme 122: The visible light-promoted trifluoromethylthiolation reported by Glorius.
Scheme 123: Synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthioesters via Goossen’s approach.
Scheme 124: Photoinduced trifluoromethylthiolation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 125: Ag-mediated trifluoromethoxylation of aryl stannanes and arylboronic acids.
Scheme 126: Catalytic (hetero)aryl C–H trifluoromethoxylation under visible light.
Scheme 127: Photoinduced C–H-bond trifluromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes.
Naphthalene diimides with improved solubility for visible light photoredox catalysis
- Barbara Reiß and
- Hans-Achim Wagenknecht
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2043–2051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.201
- light range between 520 nm and 640 nm. The irradiation by visible light together with the use of an organic dye instead of a transition metal complex as photoredox catalyst improve the sustainability and make photoredox catalysis “greener”. Keywords: chromophore; dyes; electrochemistry; photochemistry
- ; photoredox catalysis; Introduction Photocatalysis couples the physical process of light absorption to an organic-chemical reaction by means of time, space and energetics. In order to apply visible light for photocatalysis despite its rather low energy this coupling requires to be mediated by a sensitizing
- species – a photocatalyst. If the interacting mode between the sensitizer and the reactant is via charge transfer, it is named photoredox catalysis. This research field has been established over the past decade [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In principle, it is a
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of reference NDI 1 and cNDIs 2–6; bottom: image of saturated solutions of cNDIs 2–6 in DM...
Figure 1: Optical properties of NDI 1 and cNDIs 2 and 6: UV–vis absorbance in CH2Cl2 and in DMF (normal lines...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic α-alkylation of octanal (12): 500 mM 12, 250 mM 13, 50 mM (20 mol %) organocatalyst ...
Figure 2: Normalized absorbance of cNDI 6 in comparison to normalized emission of the 468 nm, 520 nm, 597 nm,...
Figure 3: Kinetic analysis of yields of product 14 in the presence (solid lines) and in the absence (dashed l...
A review of the total syntheses of triptolide
- Xiang Zhang,
- Zaozao Xiao and
- Hongtao Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194
- trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) in a diastereoselective and stepwise manner. This novel methodology provides a shorter access to the intermediate 97, which is a key intermediate for the synthesis of triptolide. Recently, photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful and high-yielding method
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of triptolide (1), triptonide (2), tripdiolide (3), 16-hydroxytriptolide (4), triptrioli...
Figure 2: Syntheses of triptolide.
Scheme 1: Berchtold’s synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 2: Li’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 3: van Tamelen’s asymmetric synthesis of triptonide and triptolide.
Scheme 4: Van Tamelen’s (method II) formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 5: Sherburn’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 6: van Tamelen’s biogenetic type total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 7: Yang’s total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 8: Key intermediates or transformations of routes J–N.
Tandem copper and photoredox catalysis in photocatalytic alkene difunctionalization reactions
- Nicholas L. Reed,
- Madeline I. Herman,
- Vladimir P. Miltchev and
- Tehshik P. Yoon
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 351–356, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.30
- ) salts proved to be unique in their ability to turn over the copper cocatalyst without deleteriously impacting the reactivity of the organoradical intermediates. Keywords: copper; diamination; oxidative functionalization; oxyamination; photoredox catalysis; radical; Introduction Over the past decade, a
- photoinduced electron transfer processes. A major theme of research that has emerged from these studies is the application of various cocatalysts to intercept the organoradical intermediates of photoredox reactions and modulate their subsequent reactivity [5][6]. The combination of photoredox catalysis with
- as a terminal oxidant. Moreover, much of the utility of photoredox catalysis has been predicated on its ability to generate radical intermediates under mild and operationally convenient conditions. The ability to intercept transient photogenerated organoradical intermediates and divert them towards
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Photocatalytic oxyamination, b) photocatalytic diamination, and c) proposed mechanism for photoc...
Figure 2: Scope studies for dual-catalytic alkene difunctionalization using 2.5 mol % 3, 30 mol % Cu(TFA)2, a...
Oxidative radical ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropane derivatives
- Yu Liu,
- Qiao-Lin Wang,
- Zan Chen,
- Cong-Shan Zhou,
- Bi-Quan Xiong,
- Pan-Liang Zhang,
- Chang-An Yang and
- Quan Zhou
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 256–278, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.23
- photoredox catalysis oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of cyclopropyl olefins 83 with bromides 84 for the synthesis of partially saturated naphthalenes 85 in moderate to excellent yields (Scheme 19) [97]. It was the first example for alkylation, ring-opening and cyclization cascade reaction of
- the cyclopropyl olefins under photoredox catalysis. The alkylation reagents could be extended to other bromides, such as monofluoro-substituted bromides, trifluoro-substituted bromides, bromoacetonitrile and bromomalonate. This alkylation/ring-opening/cyclization was carried out by using Ir(ppy)2
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The oxidative radical ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropane derivatives.
Scheme 2: Mn(OAc)3-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with malonates.
Scheme 3: Mn(III)-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with 1,3-dicarbonyl compoun...
Scheme 4: Heat-promoted ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with elemental chalgogens.
Scheme 5: Copper(II) acetate-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with diphenyl di...
Scheme 6: AIBN-promoted oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with benzenethiol.
Scheme 7: AIBN-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with diethyl phosphites.
Scheme 8: Organic-selenium induced radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs derivatives (cyclopropylaldeh...
Scheme 9: Copper(I)-catalyzed oxidative radical trifluoromethylation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with To...
Scheme 10: Ag(I)-mediated trifluoromethylthiolation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with AgSCF3.
Scheme 11: oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with α-C(sp3)-–H of ethers.
Scheme 12: Oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with aldehydes.
Scheme 13: Cu(I) or Fe(II)-catalyzed oxidative radical trifluoromethylation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs d...
Scheme 14: Rh(II)-catalyzed oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs.
Scheme 15: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative radical amination/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs derivatives.
Scheme 16: Heating-promoted radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCP derivatives (arylvinylidenecyclopropan...
Scheme 17: Bromine radical-mediated ring-opening of alkylidenecyclopropanes.
Scheme 18: Fluoroalkyl (Rf) radical-mediated ring-opening of MCPs.
Scheme 19: Visible-light-induced alkylation/ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropyl olefins with bromides.
Scheme 20: Mn(III)-mediated ring-opening and [3 + 3]-annulation of cyclopropanols and vinyl azides.
Scheme 21: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening of cyclopropanols with quinones.
Scheme 22: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening of cyclopropanols with heteroarenes.
Scheme 23: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening/trifluoromethylation of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 24: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening and trifluoromethylation/trifluoromethylthiolation of cyclop...
Scheme 25: Ag(I)-mediated oxidative ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with Selectfluor.
Scheme 26: Photocatalyzed ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with Selectfluor.
Scheme 27: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/alkynylation of cyclopropanols with EBX.
Scheme 28: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and chlorination of cyclopropanols with aldehydes.
Scheme 29: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening/alkynylation of cyclopropanols with EBX.
Scheme 30: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/alkylation of cyclopropanols with acrylamides.
Scheme 31: Cyclopropanol ring-opening initiated tandem cyclization with acrylamides or 2-isocyanobiphenyls.
Scheme 32: Ag(II)-mediated oxidative ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with AgF2.
Scheme 33: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/fluoromethylation of cyclopropanols with sulfinate salts.
Scheme 34: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/sulfonylation of cyclopropanols with sulfinate salts.
Scheme 35: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/arylation of cyclopropanols with propiolamides.
Scheme 36: The ring-opening and [3 + 2]-annulation of cyclopropanols with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 37: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/arylation of cyclopropanols with aromatic nitrogen heterocyles.
Scheme 38: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and difluoromethylthiolation of cyclopropanols with PhSO2SCF2H.
Scheme 39: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and acylation of cyclopropanols with aldehydes.
Scheme 40: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of 2-oxyranyl ketones.
Scheme 41: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of linear enones.
Scheme 42: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of metabolite.
N-Arylphenothiazines as strong donors for photoredox catalysis – pushing the frontiers of nucleophilic addition of alcohols to alkenes
- Fabienne Speck,
- David Rombach and
- Hans-Achim Wagenknecht
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 52–59, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.5
- broaden the substrate scope for the nucleophilic addition of methanol to styrenes through photoredox catalysis. These N-phenylphenothiazines differ by their electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents at the phenyl group, covering both, σ and π-type groups, in order to modulate their
- absorbance and electrochemical characteristics. Among the synthesized compounds, alkylaminylated N-phenylphenothiazines were identified to be highly suitable for photoredox catalysis. The dialkylamino substituents of these N-phenylphenothiazines shift the estimated excited state reduction potential up to
- after 20 h of irradiation. Keywords: addition; phenothiazine; photochemistry; photoredox catalysis; redox potential; Introduction Visible-light photoredox catalysis has become a precious tool in modern synthetic organic chemistry and experiences a continuously growing interest in industrial
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Reduction potentials (vs SCE) of common photoredox catalysts, pyrene 16 and phenothiazine 2, in com...
Figure 2: Acceptor or donor-modified phenothiazines 1–11 as potential photoredox catalysts.
Figure 3: Normalized UV–vis absorption spectra above 290 nm of N-phenylphenothiazines 1–11 (left) and represe...
Figure 4: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed addition of methanol to α-methylstyrene (13a). (ET ...
Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region
- Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
- Frédéric Dumur,
- Guillaume Noirbent,
- Jacques Lalevée and
- Didier Gigmes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282
- from adhesives, coatings, packaging materials, inks, paints, optics, 3D printing, microelectronics or textiles. From a synthetic viewpoint, photoredox catalysis, originally developed for organic chemistry, has recently been applied to the polymer synthesis, constituting a major breakthrough in polymer
- networks. Keywords: photoinitiator; photopolymerization; photoredox catalysis; photoredox catalyst; Introduction Photopolymerization reactions are now widely used both in industry and in academic laboratories. These processes usually lead to the transformation of a liquid resin in a 3D solid polymer upon
- catalytic cycles used in organic chemistry, the development of photoredox catalysis for photopolymerization reactions has been proposed. It has emerged as a significant innovation in the field of photoinitiated polymerization. Photoredox catalysis is a new strategy to generate radicals and/or cations upon
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Typical oxidative and reductive cycle for a photoredox catalyst (PC).
Figure 2: Transitions involved in absorbing species containing π, σ and n electrons.
Figure 3: Ligand to metal charge transfer (illustrated here for a d6 metal complex).
Figure 4: Metal to ligand charge transfer (illustrated here for a d5 metal complex).
Scheme 1: Structures of additives involved in the photoredox catalytic cycles.
Figure 5: Catalytic cycles involved with iodonium salt and (A) (TMS)3SiH, (B) NVK and (C) EDB.
Scheme 2: Structures of photoredox metal-based catalysts.
Scheme 3: Photocatalytical cycle for the Ru complex.
Scheme 4: Structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 5: Diversity of the chemical structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 6: Structures of benchmarked monomers.
Scheme 7: Structure of the CARET additive.
Scheme 8: Photoredox catalysis mechanism of a visible light-mediated living radical polymerization. (Abbrevia...
Synthesis of aryl sulfides via radical–radical cross coupling of electron-rich arenes using visible light photoredox catalysis
- Amrita Das,
- Mitasree Maity,
- Simon Malcherek,
- Burkhard König and
- Julia Rehbein
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2520–2528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.228
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected examples of sulfenylated heterocycles used in pharmaceuticals and material chemistry.
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to organosulfur compounds.
Scheme 2: Aryl sulfide synthesis.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope for arylthiol syntheses. The reaction was performed with 1a–g (0.1 mmol) and 2a–d (...
Figure 2: Crystal structures of compounds 3a, 3d, 3e and 3i.
Scheme 4: Radical trapping experiments.
Figure 3: (a) Changes in the fluorescence spectra (in this case intensity, λEx = 455 nm) of [Ir(dF(CF3)ppy)2(...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for visible light mediated direct C–H sulfenylation.
Figure 4: Black line: UV–vis spectrum of the degassed [Ir] + 1,3,5-TMB mixture (solution A) in ACN. Blue and ...
Microfluidic light-driven synthesis of tetracyclic molecular architectures
- Javier Mateos,
- Nicholas Meneghini,
- Marcella Bonchio,
- Nadia Marino,
- Tommaso Carofiglio,
- Xavier Companyó and
- Luca Dell’Amico
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2418–2424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.219
- molecules. Keywords: [4 + 2] photoenol; cycloaddition; flow chemistry; microfluidic photoreactor; photoredox catalysis; synthetic photochemistry; Introduction In recent years synthetic photochemistry has become highly sophisticated [1]. The opportunity of using renewable energy sources to transform and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Light-driven reaction between 2-MBP A and maleimide B for the synthesis of C through a [4 + 2] c...
Figure 2: Generality and limits of the light-driven [4 + 2] cyclization reaction between 2-MBP 1a–g and couma...
Figure 3: Generality and limits of the light-driven [4 + 2] cyclization reaction between 2-MBP 1a–f and chrom...
Scheme 1: MFP parallel setup for higher scale production of 4a (top) and different molecular scaffolds 6a–9a ...
Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry
- Michael K. Bogdos,
- Emmanuel Pinard and
- John A. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179
- mechanistic considerations are highlighted in the text when appropriate. Keywords: C–H functionalisation; heterocycles; late-stage functionalisation; medicinal chemistry; organic dyes; organic photocatalysts; peptide chemistry; photoredox catalysis; Review 1 Introduction 1.1 Main advantages of
- organocatalysed photoredox chemistry Photoredox catalysis is an emerging field in organic synthesis and has been the subject of many reviews in recent years [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Some cover the manipulation or installation of various functional groups [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], the synthesis of
- ) components than traditional reactions. Organocatalysed photoredox catalysis combines the advantages of both these fields. Thus, it is not only a new field filled with exciting discoveries, but also is sustainable and beneficial in the long term. 1.2 General characteristics of photocatalysts 1.2.1 Brief
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Depiction of the energy levels of a typical organic molecule and the photophysical processes it can...
Figure 2: General catalytic cycle of a photocatalyst in a photoredox organocatalysed reaction. [cat] – photoc...
Figure 3: Structures and names of the most common photocatalysts encountered in the reviewed literature.
Figure 4: General example of a reductive quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocata...
Figure 5: General example of an oxidative quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocat...
Scheme 1: Oxidative coupling of aldehydes and amines to amides using acridinium salt photocatalysis.
Figure 6: Biologically active molecules containing a benzamide linkage.
Scheme 2: The photocatalytic reduction of amino acids to produce the corresponding free or protected amines.
Scheme 3: The organocatalysed photoredox base-mediated oxidation of thiols to disulfides.
Scheme 4: C-Terminal modification of peptides and proteins using organophotoredox catalysis.
Scheme 5: The reduction and aryl coupling of aryl halides using a doubly excited photocatalyst (PDI).
Figure 7: Mechanism for the coupling of aryl halides using PDI, which is excited sequentially by two photons.
Scheme 6: The arylation of five-membered heteroarenes using arenediazonium salts under organophotoredox condi...
Scheme 7: The C–H (hetero)arylation of five-membered heterocycles under Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 8: The C–H sulfurisation of imidazoheterocycles using Eosin B-catalyzed photochemical methods.
Scheme 9: The introduction of the thiocyanate group using Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 10: Sulfonamidation of pyrroles using oxygen as the terminal oxidant.
Scheme 11: DDQ-catalysed C–H amination of arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 12: Photoredox-promoted radical Michael addition reactions of allylic or benzylic carbons.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanistic rationale for the observed chemoselectivities.
Scheme 13: The photocatalytic manipulation of C–H bonds adjacent to amine groups.
Scheme 14: The perylene-catalysed organophotoredox tandem difluoromethylation–acetamidation of styrene-type al...
Figure 9: Examples of biologically active molecules containing highly functionalised five membered heterocycl...
Scheme 15: The [3 + 2]-cycloaddition leading to the formation of pyrroles, through the reaction of 2H-azirines...
Figure 10: Proposed intermediate that determines the regioselectivity of the reaction.
Figure 11: Comparison of possible pathways of reaction and various intermediates involved.
Scheme 16: The acridinium salt-catalysed formation of oxazoles from aldehydes and 2H-azirines.
Scheme 17: The synthesis of oxazolines and thiazolines from amides and thioamides using organocatalysed photor...
Figure 12: Biologically active molecules on the market containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moieties.
Scheme 18: The synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles from aldehyde semicarbazones using Eosin Y organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 19: The dimerization of primary thioamides to 1,2,4-thiadiazoles catalysed by the presence of Eosin Y a...
Scheme 20: The radical cycloaddition of o-methylthioarenediazonium salts and substituted alkynes towards the f...
Scheme 21: The dehydrogenative cascade reaction for the synthesis of 5,6-benzofused heterocyclic systems.
Figure 13: Trifluoromethylated version of compounds which have known biological activities.
Scheme 22: Eosin Y-catalysed photoredox formation of 3-substituted benzimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Oxidation of dihydropyrimidines by atmospheric oxygen using photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 24: Photoredox-organocatalysed transformation of 2-substituted phenolic imines to benzoxazoles.
Scheme 25: Visible light-driven oxidative annulation of arylamidines.
Scheme 26: Methylene blue-photocatalysed direct C–H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles.
Scheme 27: Photoredox hydrotrifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes and alkynes.
Scheme 28: Trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of aromatics and heteroaromatics.
Scheme 29: The cooperative asymmetric and photoredox catalysis towards the functionalisation of α-amino sp3 C–...
Scheme 30: Organophotoredox-catalysed direct C–H amidation of aromatics.
Scheme 31: Direct C–H alkylation of heterocycles using BF3K salts. CFL – compact fluorescent lamp.
Figure 14: The modification of camptothecin, demonstrating the use of the Molander protocol in LSF.
Scheme 32: Direct C–H amination of aromatics using acridinium salts.
Scheme 33: Photoredox-catalysed nucleophilic aromatic substitution of nucleophiles onto methoxybenzene derivat...
Scheme 34: The direct C–H cyanation of aromatics with a focus on its use for LSF.
Investigations of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylations in photoredox catalysis
- Yue Pan,
- Kunfang Jia,
- Yali Chen and
- Yiyun Chen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1215–1221, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.103
- radical; alkynylbenziodoxoles; photoredox catalysis; radical alkynylation; Introduction The introduction of the alkynyl group to organic molecules is an important synthetic transformation in organic synthesis [1][2][3][4]. Recently, cyclic iodine(III) reagents (CIR)-substituted alkynes
- group first used alkynylbenziodoxoles for decarboxylative radical alkynylation under silver salt and persulfate conditions [19]. In 2014, the Chen group discovered that alkynylbenziodoxoles (BI-alkyne) readily participated in photoredox catalysis as the radical alkynylation reagent [20], after which
- various applications in photoredox catalysis were reported [21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Currently, the use of BI-alkyne for radical alkynylation is limited to unsubstituted alkynylbenziodoxoles. While effective, its reactivity with some radical precursors was compromised [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Investigation of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylations.
Scheme 2: Synthesis and characterization of BI-alkyne derivatives 3a–f.
Scheme 3: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for deboronative alkynylation in photoredox catalysis. ...
Scheme 4: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylations in photoredox catalysis. Reac...
Scheme 5: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for acyl radical alkynylation in photoredox catalysis. ...
Scheme 6: Mechanistic investigations of alkynylbenziodoxole for radical acceptor and oxidative quenching reac...
Scheme 7: The role of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylation in photoredox catalysis.
Stepwise radical cation Diels–Alder reaction via multiple pathways
- Ryo Shimizu,
- Yohei Okada and
- Kazuhiro Chiba
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 704–708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.59
- reported by Bauld in 1986 [16] and was elegantly revisited by Yoon in 2011 [17] in the field of photoredox catalysis (Scheme 1). The reaction was further studied by Ferreira and Shores [18], followed by a unique mechanistic investigation by Rappé [19]. Although most recent examples of the radical cation
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of trans-anethole [17].
Scheme 2: Radical cation Diels–Alder reactions of aryl vinyl ether and sulfides [17,25].
Scheme 3: Radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of aryl vinyl ether (1). Conditions: 1.0 M LiClO4/CH3NO2, carbo...
Scheme 4: Oxidative SET-triggered reaction of aryl vinyl ether 1c. Conditions: 1.0 M LiClO4/CH3NO2, carbon fe...
Figure 1: GC–MS Monitoring of the oxidative SET-triggered reaction of aryl vinyl ether 1c.
Scheme 5: Oxidative SET-triggered rearrangement of vinyl cyclobutane 4. Conditions: 1.0 M LiClO4/CH3NO2, carb...
Scheme 6: Unsuccessful rearrangement of cyclobutanes. Conditions: 1.0 M LiClO4/CH3NO2, carbon felt electrodes...
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism for the radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of aryl vinyl ether 1.
Diels–Alder cycloadditions of N-arylpyrroles via aryne intermediates using diaryliodonium salts
- Huangguan Chen,
- Jianwei Han and
- Limin Wang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 354–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.23
- coupling products were obtained in moderate to good yields (Scheme 1a) [6]. Later in 2013, Xue and Xiao et al. developed a method of photoredox catalysis in the presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ with visible light for the coupling reaction of arenes with unprotected or N-substituted pyrroles, pyrrole substrates
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Arylations of pyrrole derivatives with diaryliodonium salts.
Scheme 2: Formation of N-phenylamine derivatives 4 and 5 via ring opening reactions.
Scheme 3: Preparation of product 6 by hydrogenation.
