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Light-driven Enzymatic Decarboxylation
Published on: May 22, 2016
Chemodivergent phosphonylation of diazocarboxylates: light-on vs. light-off reactions
Jalaj Kumar Pathak1,2, Ruchir Kant3, Namrata Rastogi1,2
1Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226031, India. namrata.rastogi@cdri.res.in.
Abstract:
By tapping into the divergent reactivity of diazocarboxylates under thermal and photocatalytic conditions, we could develop chemodivergent phosphonylation protocols for α-diazocarboxylates with trialkyl phosphites. While the thermal reaction led to N-P bond formation affording phosphonylated hydrazones, the visible light-mediated reaction furnished phosphonylated aryl carboxylates through C-P bond formation. Both reactions are notable for their operational simplicity and mild conditions affording products in good yields without the requirement of a metal, base or photocatalyst.
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