Synthesis
DOI: 10.1055/a-2705-4304
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Published as part of the Special Topic Dedicated to Prof. Paul Knochel

Photoinduced Deaminative C(sp3)–H Bond diarylation of glycine derivatives by cerium catalysis

Authors

  • Shutao Wang

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
  • Jinyi Liao

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
  • Yukang Li

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
  • Yuan Zhang

    2   State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
  • Li-Na Guo

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

This work was financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22171220); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (xtr072022003), and Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2022JQ-130).


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Abstract

A Ce(III)-catalyzed, visible light–induced aerobic oxidative diarylation of glycine derivatives with electron-rich aromatics is described. This method enables the efficient and rapid synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives under mild conditions, using air as the oxidant and obviating the need for an external photosensitizer. It is noteworthy that this protocol can be scaled up to 5 mmol without a significant impact on the efficiency.

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Publication History

Received: 10 July 2025

Accepted after revision: 02 September 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
19 September 2025

Article published online:
10 October 2025

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