Photochemical diazidation of alkenes enabled by ligand-to-metal charge transfer and radical ligand transfer

Abstract

The difunctionalization of alkenes allows for efficient construction of molecular complexity. Combining Ligand-to-Metal Charge transfer (LMCT) and Radical Ligand Transfer (RLT), the authors show a photochemical diazidation using iron salts, allowing rapid preparation of vicinal diamines and other privileged synthetic motifs.