title: Bu4NI/tBuOOH catalyzed, α-regioselective cross-dehydrogenative coupling of BODIPY with allylic alkenes and ethers.
abstract: A Bu4NI/tBuOOH-catalyzed, highly regioselective cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of the α-C-H bond(s) of the BODIPY core has been developed. The α-regioselective alkylation reaction utilizes easily accessible coupling partners, namely commercial allylic alkenes and ethers - even common, inert organic solvents, such as tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether and 1,4-dioxane. The high α-regioselectivity of this CDC reaction is attributable to the radical process involved and provides a facile access to a variety of α-functionalized BODIPYs, which are hard to access through current synthetic methods.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lijuan
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authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jun
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authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hua
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Changjiang
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authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Erhong
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authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Celestijnenlaan 200f, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. noel.boens@kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Noël
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