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SUBMITTER: Sim J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777868 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS catalysis 20190124 2
A mild, metal-free, regioselective carbofluorination of dehydroalanine derivatives has been developed. Alkyl radicals resulting from visible-light photoredox catalysis engage in a radical conjugate addition to dehydroalanine, with subsequent fluorination of the newly generated radical to afford an α-fluoro-α-amino acid. By using a highly oxidizing organic photocatalyst, this process incorporates non-stabilized primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl radicals derived from commercially available al ...[more]