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Published on: June 21, 2017
Cobalt-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Enabled by Organophotoredox Catalysis
Koji Takizawa1, Tomoyuki Sekino1, Shunta Sato1
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
Abstract:
Co-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions have received little attention, arguably because of the lack of any known advantage of Co catalysis over either Rh or Ir catalysis. Described here is a general and regioselective Co-catalyzed allylic alkylation using an in situ catalyst activation by organophotoredox catalysis. This noble-metal-free catalytic system exhibits unprecedentedly high reactivities and regioselectivities for the allylation with an allyl sulfone, for the first time, representing the unique synthetic utility of the Co-catalyzed method compared to the related Rh- and Ir-catalyzed reactions.
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