Chemoselective Radical Dehalogenation and C-C Bond Formation on Aryl Halide Substrates Using Organic Photoredox Catalysts.
Despite the number of methods available for dehalogenation and carbon-carbon bond formation using aryl halides, strategies that provide chemoselectivity for systems bearing multiple carbon-halogen bonds are still needed. Herein, we report the ability to tune the reduction potential of metal-free phenothiazine-based photoredox catalysts and demonstrate the application of these catalysts for chemoselective carbon-halogen bond activation to achieve C-C cross-coupling reactions as well as reductive dehalogenations. This procedure works both for conjugated polyhalides as well as unconjugated substrates. We further illustrate the usefulness of this protocol by intramolecular cyclization of a pyrrole substrate, an advanced building block for a family of natural products known to exhibit biological activity.
Saemi O
SO
Poelma
G Leslie
GL
Burnett
Emre H
EH
Discekici
Kaila M
KM
Mattson
Nicolas J
NJ
Treat
Yingdong
Y
Luo
Zachary M
ZM
Hudson
Shelby L
SL
Shankel
The Dow Chemical Company , Midland, Michigan 48674, United States.
Paul G
PG
Clark
The Dow Chemical Company , Midland, Michigan 48674, United States.
John W
JW
Kramer
Craig J
CJ
Hawker
Javier
J
Read de Alaniz
D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D054879:Halogenation; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes
D005609:Free Radicals; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D002244:Carbon