Cage-confined photocatalysis for wide-scope unusually selective [2 + 2] cycloaddition through visible-light triplet sensitization

Jing-Si Wang; Kai Wu; Changzhen Yin; Kang Li; Yahao Huang; Jia Ruan; Ximin Feng; Peng Hu; Cheng-Yong Su

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18487-5

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Cage-confined photocatalysis for wide-scope unusually selective [2 + 2] cycloaddition through visible-light triplet sensitization

Jing-Si Wang,
Kai Wu,
Changzhen Yin,
Kang Li,
Yahao Huang,
Jia Ruan,
Ximin Feng,
Peng Hu,
Cheng-Yong Su

Affiliations

Jing-Si Wang: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Kai Wu: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Changzhen Yin: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Kang Li: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Yahao Huang: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Jia Ruan: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Ximin Feng: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Peng Hu: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Cheng-Yong Su: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18487-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

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Light-induced [2 + 2] cycloaddition is the most efficient way to generate cyclobutanes, while suffering from limitations of specific selectivity. Here the authors report a cage-confined photocatalytic [2 + 2] cycloaddition to enable the unusual production of syn-head-to-head cyclobutane derivatives selectively.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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