Development of Carbazole-Cored Organo-Photocatalyst for Visible Light-Driven Reductive Pinacol/Imino-Pinacol Coupling
Samrat Kundu, Lisa Roy and Modhu Sudan Maji*
*Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India,
Email: msmchem.iitkgp.ac.in
S. Kundu, L. Roy, M. S. Maji, Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 9001-9006.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03600
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Abstract
Benzoperylenocarbazole (BPC), a unique carbazole-based organophotocatalyst, is a potent organo-photoreductant. Under irradiation of blue light employing low catalyst loading (0.5 mol %), the reductive coupling of carbonyls and imines gave vicinal diols and diamines in excellent yields.
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Key Words
Pinacol Coupling, Vicinal Diamines, Photochemistry, Organocatalysis
ID: J54-Y2022