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Visible‐Light Sensitization of Vinyl Azides by Transition‐Metal Photocatalysis
Author(s) -
Farney Elliot P.,
Yoon Tehshik P.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201308820
Subject(s) - photochemistry , photocatalysis , visible spectrum , chemistry , aryl , irradiation , nitrene , transition metal , materials science , catalysis , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , nuclear physics , alkyl
Abstract Irradiation of vinyl and aryl azides with visible light in the presence of Ru photocatalysts results in the formation of reactive nitrenes, which can undergo a variety of CN bond‐forming reactions. The ability to use low‐energy visible light instead of UV in the photochemical activation of azides avoids competitive photodecomposition processes that have long been a significant limitation on the synthetic use of these reactions.