Photoinduced "Double Click" Cascade Offers Access to Complex Polyheterocycles from Readily Available Isatin-Based Photoprecursors

Org Lett. 2016 Aug 5;18(15):3750-3. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b01775. Epub 2016 Jul 26.

Abstract

The cascade photoassisted synthetic strategy for accessing complex N,O-polyheterocycles of unprecedented molecular architecture is developed. It is based on intramolecular cycloadditions of aza-o-xylylenes formed in situ via excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of o-acylanilides. The photoprecursors are synthesized via a two-step one-pot method from readily available starting materials. The photochemical cascade (one experimentally simple step) results in the formation of four new heterocyclic rings with high control of diastereoselectivity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.