Visible-light photoredox catalysis enabled bromination of phenols and alkenes

Yating Zhao; Zhe Li; Chao Yang; Run Lin; Wujiong Xia

doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.53

Visible-light photoredox catalysis enabled bromination of phenols and alkenes

Beilstein J Org Chem. 2014 Mar 7:10:622-7. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.10.53. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Yating Zhao¹, Zhe Li¹, Chao Yang¹, Run Lin¹, Wujiong Xia¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment, The Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China.

Abstract

A mild and efficient methodology for the bromination of phenols and alkenes has been developed utilizing visible light-induced photoredox catalysis. The bromine was generated in situ from the oxidation of Br(-) by Ru(bpy)3 (3+), both of which resulted from the oxidative quenching process.

Keywords: alkenes; bromination; phenols; photoredox catalyst; visible light.