Acylation of Baylis-Hillman carbonates by visible light catalysis has been reported. Acyl radical is produced by decarboxylation of α-keto acid. This method has mild conditions, wide substrate scope, good functional group tolerance, and moderate to good yield, which provides a new route for the acylation of Baylis-Hillman derivatives.
dihydrobenzofuran units are frequently present in molecules with significant biological and pharmaceutical activities. Herein, we present the first enantioselective formal [4+1] annulation of Morita‐Baylis‐Hillman carbonates with o‐quinone methides (o‐QMs) catalyzed by a newly designed chiral phosphine catalyst. Under the mild and eco‐friendly conditions, a wide range of polysubstituted dihydrobenzofurans were
Catalyzed by Ir[dF(CF3)ppy]2(dtbbpy)PF6, the coupling of potassium organotrifluoroborates with Baylis–Hillman derivatives under visible light irradiation has been developed. Based on the mechanism of reductive quenching cycle, it provides an easy, mild, efficient method for the synthesis of a variety of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic estersderivatives in a broad scope of the substrates.
Utilizing Lewis base/photoredox dual catalysis, carbon radicals generated from either alkylboronic acids or esters were coupled with Baylis–Hillman derivatives under visible light irradiation. This protocol provides a mild and operationally simple method for the synthesis of a variety of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in a broad scope of the substrates. The mechanism of Lewis base activation and
The first phosphine-catalyzed highly enantioselective [3 + 3] cycloaddition of Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates with C,N-cyclicazomethineimines is described. Using a spirocyclic chiral phosphine as the catalyst, a novel class of pharmaceutically interesting 4,6,7,11b-tetrahydro-1H-pyridazino[6,1-a]iso-quinoline derivatives were obtained in high yields with good to excellent diastereoselectivities