{"title":"Electrochemical 1,2-hydrogen atom transfer functionalizations of N-(benzyloxy)phthalimides†","authors":"Xin Fu, Tingting Ran and Jie Liu","doi":"10.1039/D4QO01607F","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report a straightforward, catalyst-free method for the cathodic benzylic C–H hydroxyalkylation/arylation of <em>N</em>-(alkyloxy)phthalimides with ketones or cyanopyridines. The reaction is driven by an electrochemically induced 1,2-hydrogen atom transfer involving alkoxy radicals generated by O–N bond cleavage. This protocol provides an efficient approach for the synthesis of a wide range of valuable unsymmetrical 1,2-diols and diarylmethanols.</p>","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":" 23","pages":" 6760-6767"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/qo/d4qo01607f","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report a straightforward, catalyst-free method for the cathodic benzylic C–H hydroxyalkylation/arylation of N-(alkyloxy)phthalimides with ketones or cyanopyridines. The reaction is driven by an electrochemically induced 1,2-hydrogen atom transfer involving alkoxy radicals generated by O–N bond cleavage. This protocol provides an efficient approach for the synthesis of a wide range of valuable unsymmetrical 1,2-diols and diarylmethanols.
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Organic Chemistry Frontiers is an esteemed journal that publishes high-quality research across the field of organic chemistry. It places a significant emphasis on studies that contribute substantially to the field by introducing new or significantly improved protocols and methodologies. The journal covers a wide array of topics which include, but are not limited to, organic synthesis, the development of synthetic methodologies, catalysis, natural products, functional organic materials, supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry, as well as physical and computational organic chemistry.