Efficient merging of copper and photoredox catalysis for the asymmetric cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkynes and tetrahydroisoquinolines

Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Jan 14;13(2):447-51. doi: 10.1039/c4ob02138j. Epub 2014 Nov 5.

Abstract

A highly efficient catalytic asymmetric alkynylation of prochiral CH2 groups in tetrahydroisoquinoline was developed using copper catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of sp(3) and sp C-H bonds with the assistance of a photocatalyst and visible light.