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SUBMITTER: Candish L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5437376 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Candish L L Freitag M M Gensch T T Glorius F F
Chemical science 20170227 5
Herein we present the first example of aryl radical formation <i>via</i> the visible light-mediated decarboxylation of aryl carboxylic acids using photoredox catalysis. This method constitutes a mild protocol for the decarboxylation of cheap and abundant aryl carboxylic acids and tolerates both electron-rich substrates and those lacking <i>ortho</i>-substitution. The <i>in situ</i> formation of an acyl hypobromite is proposed to prevent unproductive hydrogen atom abstraction and trapping of the ...[more]