Self-Assembled 2,3-Dicyanopyrazino Phenanthrene Aggregates as a Visible-Light Photocatalyst

Min He, Xiaoqiang Yu*, Yi Wang, Fei Li and Ming Bao*

*State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China, Email: yuxiaoqiangdlut.edu.cn, mingbaodlut.edu.cn

M. He, X. Yu, Y. Wang, F. Li, M. Bao, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 5016-5025.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02945

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Abstract

[DCPP]_n aggregates can act as a versatile visible-light photocatalyst in decarboxylative C-C cross-coupling, amidation, and esterification reactions. In these reactions, [DCPP]_n aggregates were formed in situ through physical π-π stacking of DCPP monomers in organic solvents.

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Key Words

aryl ketones, photochemistry, organocatalysis

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ID: J42-Y2021