Visible-Light-Driven Neutral Nitrogen Radical Mediated Intermolecular Styrene Difunctionalization

Org Lett. 2019 May 17;21(10):3861-3865. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01362. Epub 2019 May 8.

Abstract

A neutral nitrogen radical-mediation strategy, wherein the existing N-H moiety of substrates serves as a neutral nitrogen radical precursor to enable room-temperature intermolecular radical difunctionalization of styrenes under photoredox catalysis, is reported. The reaction shows high functional group tolerance and substrate scope with respect to both components, giving the corresponding products with generally good yields. Preliminary control experiments and DFT calculations are performed to explain the reaction mechanism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't