Alcohols as alkylating agents in heteroarene C–H functionalization

Jian Jin and David W. C. MacMillan ()
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Jian Jin: Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University
David W. C. MacMillan: Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7567, 87-90

Abstract: The biochemical process of spin-centre shift is used to accomplish mild, non-traditional alkylation reactions using alcohols as radical precursors; this represents the first broadly applicable use of unactivated alcohols as latent alkylating reagents, achieved via the successful merger of photoredox and hydrogen atom transfer catalysis.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature14885

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