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SUBMITTER: Kammer LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6017455 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20180327 4
A visible light-promoted protocol for the redox-neutral coupling of <i>N</i>-hydroxyphthalimide esters with different <i>N</i>-heterocyclic compounds is described. The reaction proceeds through an alkyl radical intermediate generated by reductive decarboxylation of <i>N</i>-hydroxyphthalimide esters. In contrast to the original Minisci protocol, polyalkylation can largely be avoided. Mechanistic investigations revealed a radical chain mechanism which in some cases can proceed even if no photocat ...[more]