Synlett 2024; 35(03): 303-306
DOI: 10.1055/a-2122-8631
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Organic Chemistry Under Visible Light: Photolytic and Photocatalytic Organic Transformations

Photocatalytic 1,4-Addition of Aromatic Aldehydes or Ketones via Umpoled Carbinol Anions

a   Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
b   SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Teruki Takahashi
a   Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
b   SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Kaoru Torii
a   Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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a   Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
b   SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grants JP21K14635 and JP21K18968).


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Abstract

A 1,4-addition reaction of aromatic aldehydes or ketones to electron-deficient olefins was achieved under photocatalytic conditions. In the reaction, an umpoled carbinol anion generated in situ through two successive one-electron reductions of the carbonyl compound reacted nucleophilically with the electron-deficient olefin. Various electron-deficient aromatic aldehydes and ketones successfully underwent the reaction to afford the corresponding γ-functionalized alcohols.

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Publication History

Received: 02 June 2023

Accepted after revision: 04 July 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
04 July 2023

Article published online:
14 August 2023

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