Synlett 2018; 29(10): 1324-1328
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591837
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Green Photoorganocatalytic Synthesis of Phenols from Arylboronic Acids

Ioanna K. Sideri
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece   Email: ckokotos@chem.uoa.gr
,
Errika Voutyritsa
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece   Email: ckokotos@chem.uoa.gr
,
Christoforos G. Kokotos*
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece   Email: ckokotos@chem.uoa.gr
› Author Affiliations
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Latsis Foundation for financial support through the program ‘EPISTHMONIKES MELETES 2015’ (PhotoOrganocatalysis: Development of new environmentally-friendly methods for the synthesis of compounds for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry) and the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry of the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. E.V. would like to thank the National Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for financial support through a doctoral fellowship.
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Publication History

Received: 04 September 2017

Accepted after revision: 01 November 2017

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)


Published as part of the Special Section 9th EuCheMS Organic Division Young Investigator Workshop

Abstract

A green and cheap protocol for the photocatalytic hydroxylation of arylboronic acids is presented. 2,2-Dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone proved to be the best photoinitiator, among a range of organocatalysts in promoting this reaction. This photocatalytic protocol can be expanded into a wide substrate scope of aromatic boronic acids bearing various functional groups, leading to the corresponding phenols in good to high yields under mild reaction conditions, which include water as solvent, light irradiation provided from standard light-bulbs at room temperature.

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