Visible‐Light Sensitization of Vinyl Azides by Transition‐Metal Photocatalysis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1521-3773|53|3|793-797

ISSN: 1433-7851

Source: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, Vol.53, Iss.3, 2014-01, pp. : 793-797

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Abstract

AbstractIrradiation of vinyl and aryl azides with visible light in the presence of Ru photocatalysts results in the formation of reactive nitrenes, which can undergo a variety of CN bond‐forming reactions. The ability to use low‐energy visible light instead of UV in the photochemical activation of azides avoids competitive photodecomposition processes that have long been a significant limitation on the synthetic use of these reactions.