A mild transition-metal-free non-toxic aerobic photoredox system was found to enable highly efficient desulfurization of 2-mercaptobenzimidazoles. This viable catalytic system includes Rose Bengal in a low catalyst loading as a photosensitizer and cheap, non-toxic NaCl in a catalytic amount as an additive, combined with an oxygen atmosphere. This protocol provides an important alternative access to
发现温和的不含过渡
金属的无毒需
氧光
氧化还原系统可实现2-巯基
苯并咪唑的高效
脱硫。这种可行的催化系统包括低
催化剂含量的Rose Bengal作为光敏剂,以及廉价的无毒NaCl(催化量)作为
添加剂,并与
氧气气氛相结合。该方案提供了重要的替代途径,可以以通常的高收率获得各种
苯并咪唑和
氘代
苯并咪唑产品,并且对各种合成和药学上有用的功能具有良好的耐受性。机理研究表明,单电子转移和能量转移都可能在初始步骤发生,并且亚
硫酰基自由基
中间体参与了关键的
脱硫过程。