Photo- and dioxygen-enabled radical C(sp3)-N(sp2) cross-coupling between guanidines and perfluoroalkyl iodides

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Oct 14;17(38):8695-8700. doi: 10.1039/c9ob01520e. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Abstract

A photo- and dioxygen-enabled intermolecular radical Csp3-Nsp2 cross-coupling between guanidines and perfluoroalkyl iodides has been developed. N2-Perfluoroalkacylguanidines, which are of biological importance, were obtained under mild conditions via Nsp2-perfluoroalkylation and subsequent hydrolysis. The role of dioxygen in the reaction system was tentatively elucidated; it was supposed to act as an electron shuttle (redox mediator).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't