Synfacts 2021; 17(11): 1221
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1737057
Metals in Synthesis

Photoredox-Enabled Deoxygenative Cross-Coupling of Alcohols Activated by NHCs

Rezensent(en):
Paul Knochel
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Johannes H. Harenberg
Dong Z, MacMillan DW. C. * Princeton University, USA
Metallaphotoredox-Enabled Deoxygenative Arylation of Alcohols.

Nature 2021;
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03920-6
 

Significance

The authors report a nickel-catalyzed photo-enabled deoxygenative cross-coupling between C(sp3)-hybridized alcohols activated through an N-heterocyclic carbene salt with aryl halides. The procedure enables coupling of highly functionalized primary, secondary and tertiary ­alcohols.


Comment

Late-stage functionalizations of complex molecules such as a taxol variants and multiply protected saccharides are shown. A reaction mechanism is proposed in which the NHC salt plays a key role in providing the thermodynamic driving force for the reaction.




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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
19. Oktober 2021

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