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Title: | Selective bromination of sp3 C-H bonds by organophotoredox catalysis | Authors: | Kee, C.W. Chan, K.M. Wong, M.W. Tan, C.-H. |
Keywords: | Bromination C-H activation Density functional calculations Photoredox catalysis Radical reactions |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Citation: | Kee, C.W., Chan, K.M., Wong, M.W., Tan, C.-H. (2014). Selective bromination of sp3 C-H bonds by organophotoredox catalysis. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 3 (4) : 536-544. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.201300169 | Abstract: | We report that bromination of aliphatic and benzylic sp3 C-H bonds can be achieved with visible light photoredox catalysis by using a low loading of EosinY disodium salt, an inexpensive organic dye, as a photoredox catalyst. The light source is a low-power household lamp and the reaction can be performed without the need of an inert atmosphere and anhydrous solvent. Easy-to-handle CBr4 is the source of bromine and morpholine is necessary for the reaction. Preliminary experimental and computational studies on the mechanism strongly suggest that an N-morpholino radical is responsible for the C-H activation step. This led us to propose that this is a radical relay reaction, in which a longer-lived morpholine radical is generated from a CBr3 radical, which is relatively more transient, by a thermodynamically favorable reaction. Additional evidence for the existence of such an N-radical was obtained from radical trapping experiments. The strong preference of this reaction for electron-rich hydrogen atoms, and the high sensitivity to the steric environment around the C-H bond enables bromination to occur on the relatively stronger C-H bond (as quantified by bond dissociation enthalpy) on the same molecule. The potential for utilizing this reaction to achieve mild and regioselective bromination of sp3 C-H bonds in complex molecules is exemplified by the bromination of (+)-sclareolide and acetate-protected estrone. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. | Source Title: | Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/94766 | ISSN: | 21935807 | DOI: | 10.1002/ajoc.201300169 |
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