Issue 20, 2023

Organophotocatalytic dehydrogenative preparation of amides directly from alcohols

Abstract

Herein, we describe a cofactor-inspired oxidation methodology where an aromatic dione molecule is used under aerobic conditions. Under photocatalytic conditions, pyrenedione produces amides from alcohols and amines via dehydrogenative intermolecular coupling at room temperature. The synthetic utility of this developed protocol has been examined over a large array of substrates involving a variety of alcohols and amines to synthesize both secondary and tertiary amides in good to excellent yields. This is a significant improvement over multiple transition metal-catalyzed methods following acceptorless dehydrogenation or dehydrogenative coupling methods, performed at very high temperatures. The presented reaction is completely driven by a radical generated by the photoexcitation of pyrenedione and its subsequent reduction by KOtBu. An array of control reactions in tandem with intermediate isolation suggests the operational mechanism and establishes the semiquinonate's preeminent role in steering two consecutive dehydrogenations under very mild reaction conditions.

Graphical abstract: Organophotocatalytic dehydrogenative preparation of amides directly from alcohols

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 7 2023
Accepted
04 9 2023
First published
08 9 2023

Green Chem., 2023,25, 8019-8025

Organophotocatalytic dehydrogenative preparation of amides directly from alcohols

S. Maji, M. Roy, K. Shaikh and D. Adhikari, Green Chem., 2023, 25, 8019 DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02526H

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