Pyridyl Radical Cation for C-H Amination of Arenes.

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.

Published: January 2019

Electron-transfer photocatalysis provides access to the elusive and unprecedented N-pyridyl radical cation from selected N-substituted pyridinium reagents. The resulting C(sp )-H functionalization of (hetero)arenes furnishes versatile intermediates for the development of valuable aminated aryl scaffolds. Mechanistic studies that include the first spectroscopic evidence of a spin-trapped N-pyridyl radical adduct implicate SET-triggered, pseudo-mesolytic cleavage of the N-X pyridinium reagents mediated by visible light.

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