The Journal of organic chemistry
Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Radical Addition/Cyclization of Imidazoles with Alkenes: Access to Polycyclic Imidazoles Bearing Alkylsulfonyl or Exocyclic Olefin Units.
Yuanyuan Wang, Zhen Yao, Rong Huang, Lifang Qi, Xiongwei Liu, Lijin Xu
Published: 202610.1021/acs.joc.5c02712
Abstract
A metal-free visible-light photoredox-catalyzed one-pot tandem synthesis of alkylsulfonyl-containing polycyclic imidazoles from easily accessible N-alkenyl imidazoles, DABCO(SO2)2 and 4-alkyl Hantzsch esters, has been developed. Operating under mild…
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