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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Guo X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5994792 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical science 20180517 22
Visible light-driven reduction of imines to enantioenriched amines in aqueous solution is demonstrated for the first time. Excitation of a new water-soluble variant of the widely used [Ir(ppy)<sub>3</sub>] (ppy = 2-phenylpyridine) photosensitizer in the presence of a cyclic imine affords a highly reactive α-amino alkyl radical that is intercepted by hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from ascorbate or thiol donors to afford the corresponding amine. The enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO-N-9) selectively ca ...[more]