Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Autocatalytic photoredox Chan-Lam coupling of free diaryl sulfoximines with arylboronic acids

  • Cong Wang,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Lucille A. Wells,
  • Tian Liu,
  • Tingting Meng,
  • Qingchao Liu,
  • Patrick J. Walsh,
  • Marisa C. Kozlowski,
  • Tiezheng Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21156-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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N-Arylation of NH-diaryl sulfoximines faces synthetic challenges among reported methods. Here, the authors present a mild copper-catalyzed photoredox dehydrogenative Chan-Lam coupling of free diaryl sulfoximines and arylboronic acids via an auto-catalytic process.