40745-20-8Relevant articles and documents
THE INFLUENCE OF ALKOXY GROUPS ON THE NUCLEOPHILICITY OF ALKYL RADICALS
Giese, Bernd,Dupuis, Jacques,Hasskerl, Thomas,Meixner, Juergen
, p. 703 - 706 (1983)
One alkoxy substituent increases the nucleophilicity of alkyl radicals in addition reactions at alkenes more than three methyl groups.
A General Organocatalytic System for Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex Photoactivation and Its Use in Radical Processes
De Pedro Beato, Eduardo,Melchiorre, Paolo,Spinnato, Davide,Zhou, Wei
supporting information, p. 12304 - 12314 (2021/08/20)
We report herein a modular class of organic catalysts that, acting as donors, can readily form photoactive electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes with a variety of radical precursors. Excitation with visible light generates open-shell intermediates under mild conditions, including nonstabilized carbon radicals and nitrogen-centered radicals. The modular nature of the commercially available xanthogenate and dithiocarbamate anion organocatalysts offers a versatile EDA complex catalytic platform for developing mechanistically distinct radical reactions, encompassing redox-neutral and net-reductive processes. Mechanistic investigations, by means of quantum yield determination, established that a closed catalytic cycle is operational for all of the developed radical processes, highlighting the ability of the organic catalysts to turn over and iteratively drive every catalytic cycle. We also demonstrate how the catalysts' stability and the method's high functional group tolerance could be advantageous for the direct radical functionalization of abundant functional groups, including aliphatic carboxylic acids and amines, and for applications in the late-stage elaboration of biorelevant compounds and enantioselective radical catalysis.
Cerium-Catalyzed C-H Functionalizations of Alkanes Utilizing Alcohols as Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agents
An, Qing,Chen, Yuegang,Liu, Weimin,Pan, Hui,Wang, Xin,Wang, Ziyu,Zhang, Kaining,Zuo, Zhiwei
supporting information, p. 6216 - 6226 (2020/04/27)
Modern photoredox catalysis has traditionally relied upon metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) excitation of metal polypyridyl complexes for the utilization of light energy for the activation of organic substrates. Here, we demonstrate the catalytic application of ligand-to-metal charge-transfer (LMCT) excitation of cerium alkoxide complexes for the facile activation of alkanes utilizing abundant and inexpensive cerium trichloride as the catalyst. As demonstrated by cerium-catalyzed C-H amination and the alkylation of hydrocarbons, this reaction manifold has enabled the facile use of abundant alcohols as practical and selective hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) agents via the direct access of energetically challenging alkoxy radicals. Furthermore, the LMCT excitation event has been investigated through a series of spectroscopic experiments, revealing a rapid bond homolysis process and an effective production of alkoxy radicals, collectively ruling out the LMCT/homolysis event as the rate-determining step of this C-H functionalization.
