Visible-light driven acetoxylation and dioxygenation of indoles <i>via</i> electron donor–acceptor complexes
Aditya S. Paul, Arunava Sengupta, Somnath Yadav
Abstract
Exploitation of the visible light-induced photoreactivity of an electron donor–acceptor complex of indoles and a hypervalent iodine compound led to the development of methodologies for the synthesis of 3-acetoxyindoles and isatins.
Topics & Concepts
Indole testRegioselectivityChemistryHypervalent moleculePhotochemistryVisible spectrumElectron acceptorExcited statePhotoinduced electron transferRing (chemistry)AcceptorElectron donorCombinatorial chemistryPhotocatalysisCatalysisElectron transferIodineStereochemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsCondensed matter physicsPhysicsNuclear physicsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsRadical Photochemical ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods