Constructing Quaternary Carbons from N -(Acyloxy)phthalimide Precursors of Tertiary Radicals Using Visible-Light Photocatalysis

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6025-6036

  Pratsch, Gerald ^a   Lackner, Gregory L ^a   Overman, Larry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; DICHLOROMETHANE; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

HYDROGEN-ATOM TRANSFER; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVES; SINGLE ELECTRON REDUCTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS;

ACRYLONITRILE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID; BROMIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; CYCLOPENTENONE; DEUTERIUM; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; GEMFIBROZIL; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLONITRILE; OXALIC ACID; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; SILICA GEL; ALKENE; CATION; COORDINATION COMPOUND; DIETHYL 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYLPYRIDINE-3,5-DICARBOXYLATE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ALLYLATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ALKENES; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHTHALIMIDES; PYRIDINES; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 84934921868     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00795     Document Type: Article

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