Pyridyl-based ketones and 1,6-diketones are both attractive and invaluable scaffolds which play pivotal roles in the construction and structural modification of a plethora of synthetically paramount natural products,p...Pyridyl-based ketones and 1,6-diketones are both attractive and invaluable scaffolds which play pivotal roles in the construction and structural modification of a plethora of synthetically paramount natural products,pharmaceuticals,organic materials and fine chemicals.In this context,we herein demonstrate an unprecedented,robust and generally applicable synthetically strategy to deliver these two crucial ketone frameworks via visible-light-induced ring-opening coupling reactions of cycloalcohols with vinylazaarenes and enones,respectively.A plausible mechanism involves the selectiveβ-C-C bond cleavage of cycloalcohols enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer and ensuing Giese-type addition followed by single electron reduction and protonation.The synthetic methodology exhibits broad substrate scope,excellent functional group compatibility as well as operational simplicity and environmental friendliness.展开更多
基金financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21801129,22078153 and22378201)National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFB3805603)+3 种基金Natural science research projects in Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(No.18KJB150018)Open Research Fund of School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHenan Normal University(No.2024Y16)Nanjing Tech University(Start-up Grant Nos.39837137,39837101 and 3827401739)for financial support。
文摘Pyridyl-based ketones and 1,6-diketones are both attractive and invaluable scaffolds which play pivotal roles in the construction and structural modification of a plethora of synthetically paramount natural products,pharmaceuticals,organic materials and fine chemicals.In this context,we herein demonstrate an unprecedented,robust and generally applicable synthetically strategy to deliver these two crucial ketone frameworks via visible-light-induced ring-opening coupling reactions of cycloalcohols with vinylazaarenes and enones,respectively.A plausible mechanism involves the selectiveβ-C-C bond cleavage of cycloalcohols enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer and ensuing Giese-type addition followed by single electron reduction and protonation.The synthetic methodology exhibits broad substrate scope,excellent functional group compatibility as well as operational simplicity and environmental friendliness.