CC BY-ND-NC 4.0 · Synlett 2019; 30(07): 803-808
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612079
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Efficiency and Selectivity Aspects in the C–H Functionalization of Aliphatic Oxygen Heterocycles by Photocatalytic Hydrogen Atom Transfer

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PhotoGreen Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy   eMail: davide.ravelli@unipv.it
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We thank the MIUR for financial support (SIR Project ‘Organic Synthesis via Visible Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Transfer’; Code: ­RBSI145Y9R).
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Received: 05. Dezember 2018

Accepted after revision: 01. Januar 2019

Publikationsdatum:
05. Februar 2019 (online)


Published as part of the Special Section 10th EuCheMS Organic Division Young Investigator Workshop

Abstract

The C–H to C–C conversion in aliphatic oxygen heterocycles (dioxolanes, 1,3-dioxane, or cyclic carbonates) by photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer and subsequent trapping of the resulting radical with phenyl vinyl sulfone was investigated. The performance of three different photocatalysts, namely tetrabutylammonium decatungstate and the aromatic ketones thioxanthone and 9-fluorenone, was compared. The UV-light-absorbing decatungstate anion is more efficient and permits the use of a smaller excess of hydrogen donor than the aromatic ketones, although the ketones could be excited by visible light. Further intramolecular selectivity studies revealed that aromatic ketones afforded a higher proportion of functionalization at the acetalic versus the ethereal positions than did the decatungstate anion.

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