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Photoinduced Site-Selective Alkylation Enabling Synthesis of C-3-Alkylated Quinoxalinone on DNA

Kyeong Seop Kim, Junseok Ra, Madala Hari Babu, Eunbin Jang, Seohyeon Kang, Minhyeok Yoo, Thinh T. M. Bui, Kyuho Moon, Jaehoon Sim

2025Organic Letters5 citationsDOI

Abstract

A mild and biocompatible strategy for the site-selective alkylation of quinoxalinones via photoinduced dehydrogenative alkylation has been developed. This protocol enables the functionalization of both unprotected quinoxalinone and nonreactive dihydroquinoxalinone under DNA-compatible conditions. The optimized reaction proceeds efficiently while tolerating a diverse range of alkyl donors from various radical precursors. Given its simplicity and DNA compatibility, this methodology offers a platform for the construction of DNA-encoded libraries incorporating a privileged quinoxalinone scaffold.

Topics & Concepts

AlkylationChemistryCombinatorial chemistryDNAStereochemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisBiochemistrySynthesis and Biological EvaluationFluorine in Organic ChemistryRadical Photochemical Reactions
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