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Area of Science:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Photochemistry
  • Synthetic Methodology

Background:

  • Dearomatization of simple aromatics is crucial for synthesizing value-added products from abundant feedstocks.
  • Traditional arene-alkene cycloadditions often require harsh conditions, limiting their scope.
  • Visible-light photocatalysis has emerged as a milder alternative for dearomative transformations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop novel visible-light-promoted dearomative photocycloaddition reactions.
  • To explore the functionalization of transient photocycloadducts for diverse synthetic applications.
  • To achieve site-selective dearomatization and π-extension in polycyclic (aza)arenes.

Main Methods:

  • Visible-light activation of arenophiles for para-photocycloaddition with arenes.
  • Functionalization of the resulting arene-arenophile cycloadducts.
  • Application of cycloreversion to isolate functionalized π-systems.
  • Development of dearomative epoxidation, cyclopropanation, and π-extension reactions.

Main Results:

  • Developed a method for dearomative epoxidation of arenes and pyridines to form arene- and pyridine-oxides.
  • Achieved site-selective single-atom oxygen insertion into polycyclic (aza)arenes, yielding 3-benzoxepines.
  • Demonstrated dearomative cyclopropanation of polycyclic (aza)arenes, producing benzocycloheptatrienes.
  • Synthesized novel nanographenes via M-region annulative π-extension (M-APEX) reactions.

Conclusions:

  • Visible-light-mediated dearomative photocycloadditions offer a versatile platform for constructing complex molecular architectures.
  • This methodology enables unique site-selective functionalizations and π-extensions previously inaccessible.
  • The developed strategies provide access to valuable compounds, including substituted heterocycles and extended π-systems.