[3+2] cicloadiciones de cetonas de arilo ciclopropilo por fotocatálisis con luz visible

Zhan Lu1, Meihua Shen, Tehshik P Yoon

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron un nuevo método fotocatalítico para sintetizar ciclopentanos sustituidos. Este enfoque utiliza cetonas y olefinas de aril ciclopropilo, iniciando con la formación de aniones del radical cetónico a través de la reducción de un electrón.

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