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Published on: April 4, 2014
Blue light-promoted cross-coupling of aryldiazoacetates and diazocarbonyl compounds
Tiebo Xiao1, Mingjing Mei, Yuwei He
1School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China. heyw8@mail.sysu.edu.cn zhoul39@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A blue light-promoted cross-coupling of two distinct diazo compounds was described. The reaction produces E-configured trisubstituted alkenes in good yields in the absence of catalysts and additives. The reactive free carbene intermediates were generated via selective photolysis of one of the two diazo compounds upon blue light irradiation.
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