title: Visible Light Mediated Organocatalytic Activation of Ethyl Bromofluoroacetate: Coupling with Indoles and Anilines.
abstract: The activation of ethyl bromofluoroacetate employing a visible light mediated, Eosin Y catalyzed photoredox transformation is reported. Using indoles and anilines as nucleophiles, the reaction leads to the formation of two C(sp(2))-C(sp(3)) bonds resulting in an efficient synthesis of bisindolyl and bisanilinoyl acetate derivatives. Application of this method to the direct synthesis of unsymmetrical diarylacetates featuring indoles and N-substituted anilines was also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur , Kanpur-208016, India.
authors.forename: Santosh D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur , Kanpur-208016, India.
authors.forename: Debanjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur , Kanpur-208016, India.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh