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Photocatalysis Enabling Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Benzofused Saturated Rings at Room Temperature
Author(s) -
Yin Qin,
Oestreich Martin
Publication year - 2017
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.201703536
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , benzene , ring (chemistry) , bicyclic molecule , photocatalysis , chemistry , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Sunburned : Visible light facilitates the acceptorless dehydrogenation of saturated hetero‐ and carbocycles with an annulated benzene ring (see scheme; X=N and CH 2 ). These aromatizations occur at room temperature. The new methods are not only useful for the synthesis of bicyclic heteroarenes and arenes with diverse substitution patterns but also potentially attractive for hydrogen‐storage materials.