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Transition-Metal Free Radical-Mediated C—H Bond Alkynylation and Allylation of Ethers, Aldehydes and Amides

  • Yaohui Xu ,
  • Zhen Wu ,
  • Xinxin Wu ,
  • Chen Zhu
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  • a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123
    b Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032
These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received date: 2022-07-06

  Revised date: 2022-08-14

  Online published: 2022-09-02

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(21971173); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22171201)

Abstract

Ethers, aldehydes, and amides are widely found in natural products and pharmaceutical molecules, and employed as inexpensive materials in synthetic chemistry. Radical-mediated heteroatomic α-C—H bond functionalization provides an efficient strategy for structural modification of ethers, aldehydes, and amides. New approaches of C—H alkynylation and allylation through phenyliodine bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) induced hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) under visible-light irradiation are reported. The method is operationally simple, leading to the corresponding alkynylated and allylated products in moderate to good yields. The protocol features mild and transition-metal free conditions, broad functional group compatibility, and is adapted to a diversity of ethers, aldehydes, and amides as well as various alkynylating and allylating reagents.

Cite this article

Yaohui Xu , Zhen Wu , Xinxin Wu , Chen Zhu . Transition-Metal Free Radical-Mediated C—H Bond Alkynylation and Allylation of Ethers, Aldehydes and Amides[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 , 42(12) : 4340 -4349 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202207014

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