Synergistic Visible-Light Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Aliphatic Ketones via N-C Cleavage of Imides
Javad Amani, Rauful Alam, Shorouk Badir and Gary A. Molander*
*Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19104-6323, United States,
Email: gmolandr
sas.upenn.edu
J. Amani, R. Alam, S. Badir, G. A. Molander, Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 2426-2429.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00989
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Abstract
A visible-light-promoted photoredox/Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of imides with trifluoroborates provides aliphatic ketones. This operationally simple and mild cross-coupling reaction is performed at ambient temperature and exhibits tolerance for various functional groups.
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Key Words
acylation, photochemistry
ID: J54-Y2017
