Photoinduced Oxidative Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkenes with Alkyl Formates

Org Lett. 2021 May 21;23(10):3939-3943. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01096. Epub 2021 May 11.

Abstract

A photoinduced oxidative alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes initiated by intermolecular addition of alkoxycarbonyl radicals has been demonstrated. Employing alkyl formates as alkoxycarbonyl radical sources, a range of α,β-unsaturated esters were obtained with good regioselectivity and E selectivity under ambient conditions.