Organophotocatalytic Arene Functionalization: C-C and C-B Bond Formation

Org Lett. 2019 Dec 20;21(24):9950-9953. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03877. Epub 2019 Dec 4.

Abstract

Organophotocatalytic C-C and C-B bond formation reactions of aryl halides have been developed in the presence of an organophotosensitizer, 3,7-di([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-10-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-10H-phenoxazine that has highly negative reduction potential at its photoexcited state. The developed reaction conditions are mild and allow the intermolecular C-C bond formation of the generated aryl radical with electron-rich (hetero)arenes and C-B bond formation with bis(pinacolato)diboron.