Decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids via photoredox catalysis
The direct conversion of aliphatic carboxylic acids to the corresponding alkyl fluorides has been achieved via visible light-promoted photoredox catalysis. This operationally simple, redox-neutral fluorination method is amenable to a wide variety of carboxylic acids. Photon-induced oxidation of carboxylates leads to the formation of carboxyl radicals, which upon rapid CO2-extrusion and F? transfer from a fluorinating reagent yield the desired fluoroalkanes with high efficiency. Experimental evidence indicates that an oxidative quenching pathway is operable in this broadly applicable fluorination protocol.
Ventre, Sandrine,Petronijevic, Filip R.,Macmillan, David W. C.
Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation of Amino Acid Derivatives via C-C Bond and C-N Bond Dual Activations
A unique decarbonylation of an amino acid derivative catalytic system has been established via palladium-catalyzed C-C bond and C-N bond dual activations. By employing 8-aminoquinoline as the directing group, this transformation has been found to facilitate the high chemoselectivity to decarbonylation of amino acid derivatives rather than intramolecular deamination or cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions. This method provides a straightforward avenue for constructing diverse functionalized amide compounds in good to excellent yields. We proposed a possible reaction pathway that may go through the C-C bond and C-N bond dual activations on the basis of the mechanistic studies.