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Michael T Pirnot1, Danica A Rankic, David B C Martin, David W C MacMillan.
Abstract
The direct β-activation of saturated aldehydes and ketones has long been an elusive transformation. We found that photoredox catalysis in combination with organocatalysis can lead to the transient generation of 5π-electron β-enaminyl radicals from ketones and aldehydes that rapidly couple with cyano-substituted aryl rings at the carbonyl β-position. This mode of activation is suitable for a broad range of carbonyl β-functionalization reactions and is amenable to enantioselective catalysis.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23539600 PMCID: PMC3723331 DOI: 10.1126/science.1232993
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728