Photoinduced Remote C(sp3)-H Imination Enabled by Vinyl Radical-Mediated 1,5-Hydrogen Atom Transfer

Org Lett. 2023 Mar 10;25(9):1595-1599. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00510. Epub 2023 Feb 24.

Abstract

A vinyl radical-mediated 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer strategy for remote C(sp3)-H imination under visible-light-induced photochemical metal-free conditions afforded diverse γ-imino alkenes with excellent stereoselectivity. Oxime ester-based bifunctional reagents provided not only nucleophilic alkyl radicals for radical addition reactions with electron-deficient alkynes but also long-lived steady-state imine radicals for trapping alkyl radicals following the intramolecular 1,5-hydrogen migration of unstable olefin radicals.