Two-Photon Sensitive Coumarinyl Photoremovable Protecting Groups with Rigid Electron-Rich Cycles Obtained by Domino Reactions Initiated by a 5- exo-Dig Cyclocarbopalladation

Org Lett. 2021 Oct 1;23(19):7580-7585. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02778. Epub 2021 Sep 10.

Abstract

We herein report the design, synthesis, and photophysical characterization of extended and rigid coumarinyl derivatives showing large two-photon sensitivities (δaΦu ≤ 125 GM) at 740 and 800 nm. To efficiently synthesize these complex photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs), we used step-economic domino reactions. Moreover, those new coumarinyl PPGs display unique bathochromic shifts (≤100 nm) of the uncaging subproducts as a result of the formation of a more conjugated fulvene moiety.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't