Ren, Shi-Chao published the artcileCarbene and photocatalyst-catalyzed decarboxylative radical coupling of carboxylic acids and acyl imidazoles to form ketones, Safety of 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzoic acid, the publication is Nature Communications (2022), 13(1), 2846, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
The carbene and photocatalyst co-catalyzed radical coupling of acyl electrophile and a radical precursor is emerging as attractive method for ketone synthesis. However, previous reports mainly limited to prefunctionalized radical precursors and two-component coupling. Herein, an N-heterocyclic carbene and photocatalyst catalyzed decarboxylative radical coupling of carboxylic acids and acyl imidazoles is disclosed, in which the carboxylic acids are directly used as radical precursors. The acyl imidazoles could also be generated in situ by reaction of a carboxylic acid with CDI thus furnishing a formally decarboxylative coupling of two carboxylic acids. In addition, the reaction is successfully extended to three-component coupling by using alkene as a third coupling partner via a radical relay process. The mild conditions, operational simplicity, and use of carboxylic acids as the reacting partners make our method a powerful strategy for construction of complex ketones from readily available starting materials, and late-stage modification of natural products and medicines.
Nature Communications published new progress about 1877-71-0. 1877-71-0 belongs to esters-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Carboxylic acid,Benzene,Ester, name is 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzoic acid, and the molecular formula is C9H8O4, Safety of 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzoic acid.
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