Issue 27, 2021

Photoredox-catalyzed aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins

Abstract

The development of efficient approaches to access sulfonyl fluorides is of great significance because of the widespread applications of these structural motifs in many areas, among which the emerging sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) click chemistry is the most prominent. Here, we report the first three-component aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins by merging photoredox-catalyzed proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) activation with radical relay processes. Various aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides featuring a privileged 5-membered heterocyclic core have been efficiently afforded under mild conditions with good functional group tolerance. The synthetic potential of the sulfonyl fluoride products has been examined by diverse transformations including SuFEx reactions and transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that amidyl radicals, alkyl radicals and sulfonyl radicals are involved in this difunctionalization transformation.

Graphical abstract: Photoredox-catalyzed aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 May 2021
Accepted
05 Jun 2021
First published
07 Jun 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 9359-9365

Photoredox-catalyzed aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins

T. Zhong, J. Yi, Z. Chen, Q. Zhuang, Y. Li, G. Lu and J. Weng, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 9359 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC02503A

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