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ChemInform Abstract: Transition-Metal-Free Decarboxylative Photoredox Coupling of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols with Aromatic Nitriles.

Alexander M. NauthBenjamin LippTill Opatz

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Coupling (electronics)chemistry.chemical_compoundTransition metalchemistryOrganic chemistryGeneral MedicineBond formationOxalate

description

A transition-metal-free protocol for the redox-neutral light-induced decarboxylative coupling of carboxylic acids with (hetero)aromatic nitriles at ambient temperature is presented. A broad scope of acids and nitriles is accepted, and alcohols can be coupled in a similar fashion through their oxalate half esters. Various inexpensive sources of UV light and even sunlight can be used to achieve this C–C bond formation proceeding through a free radical mechanism.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201651038