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SUBMITTER: Li H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6438148 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Hongji H Subbotina Elena E Bunrit Anon A Wang Feng F Samec Joseph S M JSM
Chemical science 20190219 12
The idea of using biaryl structures to generate synthetic building blocks such as spirolactones is attractive because biaryl structures are abundant in biomass waste streams. However, the inertness of aromatic rings of biaryls makes it challenging to transform them into functionalized structures. In this work, we developed photoinduced dearomatization of nonphenolic biaryl compounds to generate spirolactones. We demonstrate that dearomatization can be performed <i>via</i> either aerobic photocat ...[more]