Visible light mediated, metal-free carbene transfer reactions of diazoalkanes with propargylic alcohols

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (33) ◽  
pp. 4881-4884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei He ◽  
Rene M. Koenigs

The photolysis of donor–acceptor diazoalkanes in the presence of propargylic alcohols furnishes valuable, sterically demanding tetra-substituted cyclopropenes in high yield under metal-free conditions.


Synlett ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (17) ◽  
pp. 1929-1934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Empel ◽  
Rene M. Koenigs

Carbenes are versatile, highly reactive intermediates with great importance in chemistry. We recently reported on our findings on safe and scalable applications of hazardous diazoacetonitrile using cheap and commercially available iron catalysts in efficient carbene transfer reactions, ranging from cyclopropanation towards C–H functionalization reactions for the synthesis of biologically important building blocks. More lately, we uncovered the reactivity of diazoalkanes under photochemical conditions using visible light and were able to demonstrate a variety of different, metal-free carbene transfer reactions, which now open up new sustainable ways for the construction of small functional molecules.1 Introduction2 Iron-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions of Diazoacetonitrile3 Metal-free Carbene Transfer Reaction with Visible Light4 Summary



2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhu ◽  
Serik Zhumagazy ◽  
Huifeng Yue ◽  
Magnus Rueping

Metal-free C-Se cross-couplings via the formation of electron-donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes have been developed. The visible-light induced reactions can be applied for the synthesis of a series of unsymmetrical diaryl selenides...





ChemSusChem ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1725-1729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Lei ◽  
Di Wang ◽  
Liqun Ye ◽  
Mingpu Kou ◽  
Yu Deng ◽  
...  


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
pp. 7958-7963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ban Wang ◽  
Isaac G. Howard ◽  
Jackson W. Pope ◽  
Eric D. Conte ◽  
Yongming Deng

The bis(imino)pyridine iron complex, for the first time, is developed as an effective metal carbene catalyst for carbene transfer reactions of donor–acceptor diazo compounds.



2018 ◽  
Vol 360 (22) ◽  
pp. 4312-4318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Jeehye Byun ◽  
Run Li ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Kai A. I. Zhang


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Tiago Menezes Correia ◽  
Gustavo Piva da Silva ◽  
Camila Menezes Kisukuri ◽  
Elias André ◽  
Bruno Pires ◽  
...  

A metal- and catalyst-free photoinduced radical cascade hydroalkylation of 1,7-enynes has been disclosed. The process is triggered by a SET event involving a photoexcited electron-donor-aceptor complex between NHPI ester and Hantzsch ester, which decomposes to afford a tertiary radical that is readily trapped by the enyne. <a>The method provides an operationally simple, robust and step-economical approach to the construction of diversely functionalized dihydroquinolinones bearing quaternary-centers. A sequential one-pot hydroalkylation-isomerization approach is also allowed giving access to a family of quinolinones. A wide substrate scope and high functional group tolerance was observed in both approaches</a>.



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