Simmi Sharma, Shaista Sultan, Shekaraiah Devari and Bhahwal Ali Shah
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 9645-9649
DOI:
10.1039/C6OB01879C,
Paper
Radical–radical cross coupling reactions of photoexcited 9-fluorenones have been accomplished for the first time, leading to the synthesis of 9-alkyl, pyrollidinyl and spiro-THF derivatives of 9-fluorenones. The method also reveals, for the first time, the behaviour of ketyl radicals in decarboxyaltive alkylation and ring expansion reactions.