Photoinduced Aryl Ketone-Catalyzed Phenylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds Attached to the Heteroatom of Ethers and N-Boc-Amines via Concerted Homolytic Aromatic Substitution
electron-deficient (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)benzenederivatives, as a phenyl precursor, was critical to realizing the present transformation. Moreover, the DFT calculations indicated that the present transformation proceeds via a concerted homolytic aromatic substitution rather than via a stepwise one involving the formation of a cyclohexadienyl radical intermediate.