U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Certified Food Dyes as Organocatalysts in the Visible Light-Promoted Chlorination of Aromatics and Heteroaromatics
David A. Rogers, Megan D. Hopkins, Nitya Rajagopal, Dhruv Varshney, Haley Howard, Gabriel LeBlanc, Angus A. Lamar
Abstract
-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) and Brilliant Blue FCF serving as a chlorine-transfer catalyst in its sulfonphthalein form with 1,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DCDMH) as stoichiometric chlorine source. Dearomatization of naphthol and indole substrates was observed in some examples using the Brilliant Blue/DCDMH system.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryIndole testCatalysisChlorineRegioselectivityOrganic chemistryBrilliant greenFood and drug administrationCombinatorial chemistryBusinessRisk analysis (engineering)Dye analysis and toxicityRadical Photochemical ReactionsVanadium and Halogenation Chemistry