title: Bifunctional Photocatalysts for Enantioselective Aerobic Oxidation of β-Ketoesters.
abstract: A novel visible-light-responsive chiral ligand has been developed by grafting a triplet state photosensitizer to chiral bisoxazoline ligands. Complexation of this ligand with Ni(acac)2results in a powerful catalyst for the asymmetric oxidation reaction of β-ketoesters, which uses oxygen or air as the green oxidant and visible light or sunlight as the ideal driving force. Using this protocol, products containing the α-hydroxy-β-dicarbonyl motif are produced in high yields and with excellent enantiopurities.
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Liang-Qiu
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Quan-Quan
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Rong
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6054-2547
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Centre, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jing
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9318-6021
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Xiao