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Visible-light-induced deboronative alkylarylation of acrylamides with organoboronic acids
Xuezhi Li1, Man-Yi Han1, Bin Wang1
1Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000, P.R. China. hanmy10@126.com wangmin204@chnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A visible-light-induced deboronative alkylarylation of acrylamides with organoboronic acids was developed. In this transformation, boronic acids could be activated by the organic photocatalyst of eosin Y, generating alky free radicals in high efficiency. A broad range of substrate scope was examined and a number of 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles were synthesized in high yields.
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