Synthesis 2018; 50(04): 821-830
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591744
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Photoredox Synthesis of Arylhydroxylamines from Carboxylic Acids and Nitrosoarenes

Jacob Davies
a   School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK   Email: daniele.leonori@manchester.ac.uk
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Lucrezia Angelini
a   School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK   Email: daniele.leonori@manchester.ac.uk
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Mohammed A. Alkhalifah
b   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 380, Al-Ahsa 3192, Saudi Arabia   Email: nsheikh@kfu.edu.sa
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Laia Malet Sanz
c   Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PH, UK
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Nadeem S. Sheikh*
b   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 380, Al-Ahsa 3192, Saudi Arabia   Email: nsheikh@kfu.edu.sa
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a   School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK   Email: daniele.leonori@manchester.ac.uk
› Author Affiliations
D.L. thanks the European Union for a Career Integration Grant (PCIG13-GA-2013-631556) and EPSRC for a research grant (EP/P004997/1).
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Publication History

Received: 03 November 2017

Accepted after revision: 01 December 2017

Publication Date:
02 January 2018 (online)


Published as part of the Bürgenstock Special Section 2017 Future Stars in Organic Chemistry

Abstract

Hydroxylamines are found in biologically active compounds and serve as building blocks for the preparation of nitrogen-containing molecules. Here the direct conversion of carboxylic acids into the corresponding alkylhydroxylamines using organo-photoredox catalysis is reported. The process relies in the generation of alkyl radicals via photoinduced oxidation-decarboxylation and their following reaction with nitrosoarenes. We have successfully applied this method to the late-stage modification of complex and biologically active acids and applied it in novel radical cascade processes.

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