Visible Light Activation of Boronic Esters Enables Efficient Photoredox C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Couplings in Flow

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 14085-14089

  Lima, Fabio ^a   Kabeshov, Mikhail A ^a   Tran, Duc N ^a   Battilocchio, Claudio ^a   Sedelmeier, Joerg ^b   Sedelmeier, Gottfried ^b   Schenkel, Berthold ^b   Ley, Steven V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

boronic esters; cross coupling; flow chemistry; photoredox catalysis; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; LIGHT; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BORONIC ESTERS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; FLOW CHEMISTRY; PHOTOREDOX CATALYSIS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ESTERS;

EID: 84992463249     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605548     Document Type: Article

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