Synthesis 2023; 55(18): 3013-3018
DOI: 10.1055/a-2039-4825
paper
Special Issue Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

Radical Cation [2+2] Cycloadditions Enabled by Surface-Assisted Pseudo-Intramolecular Electron Transfers

Sota Adachi
b   Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-14-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Naoya Maeta
b   Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-14-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Kaii Nakayama
b   Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-14-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
,
Zimo Wang
b   Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-14-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Yasuhiro Hashimoto
b   Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-14-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
,
Yohei Okada
a   Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS KAKENHI Grant Nos. 16H06193, 17K19221, 22K05450 (to Y.O.), and 21J12556 (to K.N.)] and by the TEPCO Memorial Foundation (to Y.O.).


Abstract

Both intermolecular and intramolecular electron transfers can be the key in the determination of synthetic outcomes of photochemical and electrochemical reactions. Herein, we report dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles in combination with methoxybenzene to be a unique heterogeneous photocatalyst for facilitating the formation of novel cyclobutanes. Although the mechanistic details are as yet unclear, the results described herein imply that methoxybenzene is adsorbed onto the TiO2 surface, coming in close proximity to the forming cyclobutane radical cation, to realize a pseudo-intramolecular electron transfer between the species.

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Publication History

Received: 31 December 2022

Accepted after revision: 21 February 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
21 February 2023

Article published online:
22 March 2023

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