Abstract
A dearomative reduction of simple arenes has been developed which employs a visible-light-mediated cycloaddition of arenes with an N-N-arenophile and in situ diimide reduction. Subsequent cycloreversion or fragmentation of the arenophile moiety affords 1,3-cyclohexadienes or 1,4-diaminocyclohex-2-enes, compounds that are not synthetically accessible using existing dearomatization reactions. Importantly, this strategy also provides numerous opportunities for further derivatization as well as site-selective functionalization of polynuclear arenes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15910-15914 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 51 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 19 2016 |
Keywords
- arenes
- arenophiles
- dearomatization
- functionalization
- photochemistry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry