Visible-Light-Mediated Three-Component Strategy for the Synthesis of Isoxazolines and Isoxazoles

Org Lett. 2024 Apr 19;26(15):3130-3134. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00671. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

Abstract

Isoxazolines and isoxazoles commonly serve as core structures of many therapeutic agents and natural products. However, the metal-free and catalysis-free strategy for the synthesis of these privileged motifs at room temperature remains a challenging task. Herein, we report a three-component strategy to afford diverse isoxazolines and isoxazoles via [3 + 2] cycloadditions of in situ-formed nitronates and olefins/alkynes under visible-light irradiation.