From the journal:

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Fe(NO3)3·9H2O-mediated visible-light photocatalysis for the nitration of cyclobutanols: access to functionalized nitrocyclobutenes

Dongfang Jiang, ORCID logo *ac   Can Yang,a   Xinying Man,b   Xin Li,c   Haifei Wang,*a   Yunlin Song ORCID logo *d  and  Zhenjie Qi ORCID logo *b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, P. R. China

b School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, Jining University, Qufu, Shandong, P. R. China

c Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of the Research and Development of Novel Pharmaceutical Preparations, Changsha Medical University, Provincial First-Class Applied Discipline (Pharmacy), Changsha, China

d Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China

Abstract

A straightforward method for the synthesis of nitrocyclobutene derivatives from cyclobutanols with Fe(NO3)3·9H2O has been developed via a visible-light photocatalytic radical addition reaction. The reaction utilizes Fe(NO3)3·9H2O as the nitro source and RFTA as the photocatalyst, showing good functional group tolerance and furnishing the desired products in moderate to excellent yields. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggested that the nitro radical was involved in the reaction process.

Graphical abstract: Fe(NO3)3·9H2O-mediated visible-light photocatalysis for the nitration of cyclobutanols: access to functionalized nitrocyclobutenes

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Transparent peer review

To support increased transparency, we offer authors the option to publish the peer review history alongside their article.

View this article’s peer review history

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5OB01627D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Oct 2025
Accepted
21 Nov 2025
First published
26 Nov 2025

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, Advance Article

Permissions

Request permissions

Fe(NO3)3·9H2O-mediated visible-light photocatalysis for the nitration of cyclobutanols: access to functionalized nitrocyclobutenes

D. Jiang, C. Yang, X. Man, X. Li, H. Wang, Y. Song and Z. Qi, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5OB01627D

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements