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Cercosporin-Photocatalyzed [4+1]- and [4+2]-Annulations of Azoalkenes Under Mild Conditions
Published on: July 17, 2020
Visible light-induced synthesis of polysubstituted oxazoles from diazo compounds
Jinrui Bai1, Dan Qi1, Zhuoheng Song1
1State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China. xyyang@hit.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Herein, a visible light-induced synthesis of polysubstituted oxazoles from diazo compounds is reported. This developed synthetic method differs from traditional routes that rely on transition metals and external chemical oxidants. Our method uses readily available and inexpensive diazonium compounds as well as nitrile substrates with a catalytic amount of (i-Pr)3SiCl species, delivering the corresponding valuable multi-substituted oxazole products (up to 95% yield). This protocol exhibits a broad substrate scope and is easily carried out under mild reaction conditions. Notably, gram-scale synthesis in a continuous flow fashion has been performed.
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