An unexpected synthesis of azepinone derivatives through a metal-free photochemical cascade reaction

Lina Song; Xianhai Tian; Kaveh Farshadfar; Farshad Shiri; Frank Rominger; Alireza Ariafard; A. Stephen K. Hashmi

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36190-z

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

An unexpected synthesis of azepinone derivatives through a metal-free photochemical cascade reaction

Lina Song,
Xianhai Tian,
Kaveh Farshadfar,
Farshad Shiri,
Frank Rominger,
Alireza Ariafard,
A. Stephen K. Hashmi

Affiliations

Lina Song: Institut für Organische Chemie, Heidelberg University
Xianhai Tian: Institut für Organische Chemie, Heidelberg University
Kaveh Farshadfar: Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Poonak
Farshad Shiri: Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Poonak
Frank Rominger: Institut für Organische Chemie, Heidelberg University
Alireza Ariafard: Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Poonak
A. Stephen K. Hashmi: Institut für Organische Chemie, Heidelberg University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36190-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Photochemical nitrene transfer offers a green avenue for heterocyclic syntheses. Here, the authors developed a metal-free, visible light-mediated cascade reaction for the preparation of azepinone derivatives.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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