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Published on: June 8, 2016
Synthesis of Chromenoisoxazolidines from Substituted Salicylic Nitrones via Visible-Light Photocatalysis
Graham Haun1, Alyson N Paneque1, David W Almond1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Rowan University , 201 Mullica Hill Road , Glassboro , New Jersey 08028 , United States.
Abstract:
This effort reports the first redox-neutral visible-light photocatalytic intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition for the diastereoselective synthesis of chromenoisoxazolidines. The authors have found that alkenylphenyl nitrones with a diverse substitution pattern on the aromatic ring and the alkenyl substituent undergo visible-light-promoted cycloadditions in the presence of catalytic amounts of Ru(bpy)3Cl2 in high yields and selectivities. Evidence indicates that the proposed redox-neutral pathway is the predominant photoredox mechanism for this transformation.
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