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SUBMITTER: Goti G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468318 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20181220 4
We report a visible-light-mediated organocatalytic strategy for the enantioselective acyl radical conjugate addition to enals, leading to valuable 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds. The process capitalizes upon the excited-state reactivity of 4-acyl-1,4-dihydropyridines that, upon visible-light absorption, can trigger the generation of acyl radicals. By means of a chiral amine catalyst, iminium ion activation of enals ensures a stereoselective radical trap. We also demonstrate how the combination of this ...[more]