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SUBMITTER: Gandolfo E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20191007 47
Photochemical enantioselective nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are difficult to implement. We report a visible-light-mediated strategy that successfully couples symmetrical anhydrides and 4-alkyl dihydropyridines (DHPs) to afford enantioenriched α-substituted ketones under mild conditions. The chemistry does not require exogenous photocatalysts. It is triggered by the direct excitation of DHPs, which act as a radical source and as a reductant, facilitating the turnover of the chiral ca ...[more]