Photoinduced activation of alkyl chlorides

CL Ji, X Zhai, QY Fang, C Zhu, J Han… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the activation of unactivated alkyl chlorides through light-induced processes
has emerged as a promising field in radical chemistry, and has led to new transformations in …

Photo-and electro-chemical strategies for the activations of strong chemical bonds

X Tian, Y Liu, S Yakubov, J Schütte, S Chiba… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The employment of light and/or electricity–alternatively to conventional thermal energy–
unlocks new reactivity paradigms as tools for chemical substrate activations. This leads to …

Direct Alkylation of Glycine Derivatives via Photoinduced Palladium Catalysis, Utilizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mediated by Alkyl Radicals

S Yang, H Hu, J Li, M Chen - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Unveiling the alkyl/Pd hybrid species is a unique sp3-C-centered radical for facilitating
intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) in the development of direct alkylation of …

Recent Advances in Visible Light Induced Palladium Catalysis

S Sarkar, KPS Cheung… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Visible light‐induced Pd catalysis has emerged as a promising subfield of photocatalysis.
The hybrid nature of Pd radical species has enabled a wide array of radical‐based …

Photocatalytic Alkylation/Arylative Cyclization of N-Acrylamides of N-Heteroarenes and Arylamines with Dihydroquinazolinones from Unactivated Ketones

S Bag, S Ojha, S Venugopalan… - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We describe a visible-light photoredox-catalyzed alkylation/arylative cyclization of N-
acrylamides─ from 2-arylindoles, 2-arylbenzimidazoles, or N-substituted anilines─ with …

Mechanistic insights into excited-state palladium catalysis for C–S bond formations and dehydrogenative sulfonylation of amines

K Muralirajan, R Kancherla, B Maity… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Photocatalytic selective C (sp3)–H activation/cross-coupling reactions are
appealing in organic synthesis. In this manuscript, we describe the development of …

Visible light-mediated radical-cascade addition/cyclization of arylacrylamides with aldehydes to form quaternary oxindoles at room temperature

Z Sun, H Huang, Q Wang, C Huang, G Mao… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A visible-light-mediated oxidative cyclization of N-arylacrylamides by a radical cascade with
readily available aliphatic or aromatic aldehydes was achieved. This transformation …

Photoinduced desaturation of amides by palladium catalysis

S Yang, H Fan, L Xie, G Dong, M Chen - Organic Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
A photoinduced palladium-catalyzed desaturation method that is suitable for converting the
linear amides to their α, β-unsaturated counterparts is reported. The reaction does not …

Cobalt‐Catalyzed Electroreductive Alkylation of Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides with Conjugated Olefins

S Al Zubaydi, IO Onuigbo, BL Truesdell… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reactions of unactivated alkyl chlorides under mild and sustainable conditions are rare
compared to those of alkyl bromides or iodides. As a result, synthetic methods capable of …

Excited-state palladium-catalysed reductive alkylation of imines: scope and mechanism

R Kancherla, K Muralirajan, M Rueping - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Palladium catalysis induced by visible-light irradiation is a promising tool for promoting
unusual chemical transformations. We describe the development of excited-state palladium …