Multicomponent Oxyalkylation of Styrenes Enabled by Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Adrian Tlahuext-Aca1, R Aleyda Garza-Sanchez1, Frank Glorius1
1NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Correnstrasse 40, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
Herein, we disclose a strategy for the activation of N-(acyloxy)phthalimides towards photoinduced electron transfer through hydrogen bonding. This activation mode enables efficient access to C(sp3 )-centered radicals upon decarboxylation from bench-stable and readily available substrates. Moreover, we demonstrate that the formed alkyl radicals can be successfully employed in a novel redox-neutral method for constructing sp3 -sp3 bonds across styrene moieties that gives straightforward access to complex alcohol and ether scaffolds.
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