Deboronative cyanation of potassium alkyltrifluoroborates via photoredox catalysis.
A photoredox catalytic method was developed for the direct cyanation of alkyltrifluoroborates. This reaction provides a new and useful transformation of the easily available alkyltrifluoroborates. The photocatalytic reaction can tolerate a variety of functional groups with mild reaction conditions. Mechanistic investigations are consistent with the present reaction following a radical pathway.
School of Medical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. hjxu@hfut.edu.cn.
Jian-Jun
JJ
Dai
Wen-Man
WM
Zhang
Yong-Jin
YJ
Shu
Yu-Yang
YY
Sun
Jun
J
Xu
Yi-Si
YS
Feng
Hua-Jian
HJ
Xu