Light-mediated heterogeneous cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions: metal oxides as efficient, recyclable, photoredox catalysts in C-C bond-forming reactions

Magnus Rueping; Jochen Zoller; David C Fabry; Konstantin Poscharny; René M Koenigs; Thomas E Weirich; Joachim Mayer

doi:10.1002/chem.201103242

Light-mediated heterogeneous cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions: metal oxides as efficient, recyclable, photoredox catalysts in C-C bond-forming reactions

Chemistry. 2012 Mar 19;18(12):3478-81. doi: 10.1002/chem.201103242. Epub 2012 Feb 7.

Authors

Magnus Rueping¹, Jochen Zoller, David C Fabry, Konstantin Poscharny, René M Koenigs, Thomas E Weirich, Joachim Mayer

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22314870
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103242

Abstract

Let there be light: A heterogeneous photocatalytic system based on easily recyclable TiO(2) or ZnO allows cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions of tertiary amines. The newly developed protocols have successfully been applied to various C-C and C-P bond-forming reactions to provide nitro amines as well as amino ketones, nitriles and phosphonates.