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Visible light-promoted alkylation of imines using potassium organotrifluoroborates
Davis P Plasko1, Christopher J Jordan1, Brittney E Ciesa1
1Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Sims Science Building, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA. hannaj@winthrop.edu.
Abstract:
A mild, redox-neutral, alkylation of imines with potassium alkyltrifluoroborates is described. The reaction proceeds under photoredox conditions at ∼30 °C with primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyltrifluoroborates, leading to alkylation products in moderate to good yield in most cases. Aryl-, vinyl-, and cyclopropyltrifluoroborates failed to react under the reported conditions.
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