Enantiocomplementary synthesis of vicinal fluoro alcohols through photo-bio cascade reactions

Abstract

The combination of the catalytic power of photocatalysis and biocatalysis has greatly boosted the development of novel synthetic strategies due to its functional diversity and stereoselective specificity. Herein, we describe a one-pot cascade process that combined photo-oxidative fluoridation and bio-reduction to access enantiocomplementary vicinal fluoro alcohols with up to 87% isolated yield and 99% ee.