Synlett 2014; 25(19): 2673-2680
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379363
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Ground- and Excited-State Quinones: Perspectives in Organocatalysis and Visible-Light Photocatalysis

Stephanie Lerch
University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany   eMail: malte.brasholz@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Lisa-Natascha Unkel
University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany   eMail: malte.brasholz@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Patrick Wienefeld
University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany   eMail: malte.brasholz@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Malte Brasholz*
University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany   eMail: malte.brasholz@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Received: 19. Juli 2014

Accepted: 22. August 2014

Publikationsdatum:
02. Oktober 2014 (online)


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Abstract

Quinone organocatalysis is an emerging area, and this report highlights some recently developed thermal and photocatalytic reactions, with particular emphasis on photooxygenation reactions. Further, it is discussed how the orthogonal ground- and excited-state reactivities of quinones can be utilized for the development of tandem catalytic processes.