Visible Light Induced Photocatalytic Conversion of Enamines into Amides
Jing Li, Shunyou Cai, Jietao Chen, Yaohong Zhao, David Zhigang Wang*
*School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen
Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen 518055,
P. R. of China, Email: dzw
pkusz.edu.cn
J. Li, S. Cai, J. Chen, Y. Zhao, D. Z. Wang, Synlett, 2014, 25, 1626-1628.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1378205
Abstract
Various enamines were photocatalytically cleaved to produce amide products under simple visible-light irradiation from a 45 W household light bulb via photosensitized formation of a singlet oxygen intermediate and a subsequent [2+2] cycloaddition event.
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Key Words
photochemistry, catalysis, enamines, amides
ID: J60-Y2014
