Light-driven transition-metal-free direct decarbonylation of unstrained diaryl ketones via a dual C–C bond cleavage

Dawei Cao; Mohamad Ataya; Zhangpei Chen; Huiying Zeng; Yong Peng; Rustam Z. Khaliullin; Chao-Jun Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29327-z

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Light-driven transition-metal-free direct decarbonylation of unstrained diaryl ketones via a dual C–C bond cleavage

Dawei Cao,
Mohamad Ataya,
Zhangpei Chen,
Huiying Zeng,
Yong Peng,
Rustam Z. Khaliullin,
Chao-Jun Li

Affiliations

Dawei Cao: Department of Chemistry, and FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Mohamad Ataya: Department of Chemistry, and FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Zhangpei Chen: Department of Chemistry, and FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Huiying Zeng: The State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University
Yong Peng: Key Laboratory of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Technology and Electron Microscopy Centre, Lanzhou University
Rustam Z. Khaliullin: Department of Chemistry, and FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Chao-Jun Li: Department of Chemistry, and FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29327-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The cleavage and formation of carbon−carbon bonds is an important strategy for structural modifications in organic syntheses. Herein, the authors present a photoinduced method to construct biaryl compounds through dual inert C−C bond cleavage.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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