Photocatalytic deaminative benzylation and alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with N-alkylpyrydinium salts

  • David Schönbauer
  • , Carlo Sambiagio
  • , Timothy Noël
  • , Michael Schnürch (Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    A ruthenium-catalyzed photoredox coupling of substituted N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) and different bench-stable pyridinium salts was successfully developed to give fast access to 1-benzyl-THIQs. Furthermore, secondary alkyl and allyl groups were also successfully introduced via the same method. Additionally, the typically applied N-phenyl group in the THIQ substrate could be replaced by the cleavable p-methoxyphenyl (PMP) group and successful N-deprotection was demonstrated.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)809-817
    Number of pages9
    JournalBeilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2020

    Bibliographical note

    This article is part of the thematic issue "Advances in photoredox catalysis" and is dedicated to Professor Marko D. Mihovilovic on the occasion of his 50th birthday.

    Funding

    D.S. acknowledges CHAOS COST Action CA15106 for financial support of a STSM at Eindhoven University of Technology. C.S. acknowledges the European Union for a Marie Curie European Fellowship (FlowAct, Grant No.794072)

    FundersFunder number
    European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme794072
    European Commission
    Eindhoven University of Technology

    Keywords

    • C(sp)–C(sp) coupling
    • C–H functionalization
    • Deaminative coupling
    • Katritzky salt
    • Photoredox catalysis

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