Birch-Type Photoreduction of Arenes and Heteroarenes by Sensitized Electron Transfer
Birch-Type Photoreduction of Arenes and Heteroarenes by Sensitized Electron Transfer
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201905485
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发表时间:
2019-08-27
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Koenig, Burkhard
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作者:
Chatterjee, Anamitra;Koenig, Burkhard
The direct reduction of arenes and heteroarenes by visible-light irradiation remains challenging, as the energy of a single photon is not sufficient for breaking aromatic stabilization. Shown herein is that the energy accumulation of two visible-light photons allows the dearomatization of arenes and heteroarenes. Mechanistic investigations confirm that the combination of energy-transfer and electron-transfer processes generates an arene radical anion, which is subsequently trapped by hydrogen-atom transfer and finally protonated to form the dearomatized product. The photoreduction converts planar aromatic feedstock compounds into molecular skeletons that are of use in organic synthesis.