Visible-light-driven alkene dicarboxylation with formate and CO <sub>2</sub> under mild conditions
Fulin Zhang, Xiaoyang Wu, Panpan Gao, Hao Zhang, Li Zhu, Shangde Ai, Gang Li
Abstract
Low-cost formate salt was used as the reductant and part of the carboxyl source in a visible-light-driven dicarboxylation of diverse alkenes, including simple styrenes.
Topics & Concepts
AlkeneFormateChemistryPhotochemistryVisible spectrumSalt (chemistry)Reaction conditionsCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryInorganic chemistryCatalysisMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsRadical Photochemical ReactionsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods