Visible-light induced dearomatization reactions

YZ Cheng, Z Feng, X Zhang, SL You - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomatization reactions provide rapid access to structurally complex three-dimensional
molecules from simple aromatic compounds. Plenty of reports have demonstrated their …

Recent advances in the dearomative functionalisation of heteroarenes

N Kratena, B Marinic, TJ Donohoe - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomatisation reactions of (hetero) arenes have been widely employed as efficient
methods to obtain highly substituted saturated cyclic compounds for over a century. In recent …

Photoredox-catalyzed diastereoselective dearomative prenylation and reverse-prenylation of electron-deficient indole derivatives

X Chang, F Zhang, S Zhu, Z Yang, X Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prenylated and reverse-prenylated indolines are privileged scaffolds in numerous naturally
occurring indole alkaloids with a broad spectrum of important biological properties …

Translating Planar Heterocycles into Three‐Dimensional Analogs by Photoinduced Hydrocarboxylation

M Mikhael, SN Alektiar, CS Yeung… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid preparation of complex three‐dimensional (3D) heterocyclic scaffolds is a key
challenge in modern medicinal chemistry. Despite the increased probability of clinical …

Selective skeletal editing of polycyclic arenes using organophotoredox dearomative functionalization

P Ji, CC Davies, F Gao, J Chen, X Meng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reactions that lead to destruction of aromatic ring systems often require harsh conditions
and, thus, take place with poor selectivities. Selective partial dearomatization of fused …

Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Intermolecular α-Aminomethyl/Carboxylative Dearomatization of Indoles with CO2 and α-Aminoalkyl Radical Precursors

W Gao, Q Yang, H Yang, Y Yao, J Bai, J Sun… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Disclosed here is a visible-light photoredox-catalyzed intermolecular sequential α-
aminomethyl/carboxylative dearomatization of indoles with CO2 and α-aminoalkyl radical …

Decatungstate‐Photocatalyzed Dearomative Hydroacylation of Indoles: Direct Synthesis of 2‐Acylindolines

T Varlet, D Bouchet, E Van Elslande… - … –A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report herein a convenient and scalable dearomative hydroacylation reaction of indoles.
Employing readily available aldehydes as the acyl source and TBADT as an inexpensive …

Visible-light-induced cascade difunctionalization of indoles enabled by the synergy of photoredox and photoexcited ketones: direct access to alkylated …

S Chen, S Pillitteri, E Fron, L Van Meervelt… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we describe a methodology to construct polycyclic pyrrolophenanthridones with an
(amino) alkyl side chain that involves visible-light-induced decarboxylative radical addition …

From benzopyrroles to phenylpyrroles: remodeling of indoles enabled by photoredox catalysis

W Xu, B Cheng, Y Zhang, L Fang, H Zhai… - Organic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile approach toward 3-(o-aminophenyl) pyrroles was developed by remodeling of N-
sulfonyl-3-acyl indoles with N-phenylglycines under photoredox catalysis. This strategy …

Diastereoselective dearomatization of indoles via photocatalytic hydroboration on hydramine-functionalized carbon nitride

Q Zhang, W Xu, Q Liu, C Xia, Q Shao, L Ma… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A protocol for trans-hydroboration of indole derivatives using heterogeneous photocatalysis
with NHC-borane has been developed, addressing a persistent challenge in organic …