Visible-light-initiated manganese-catalyzed Giese addition of unactivated alkyl iodides to electron-poor olefins.

Visible-light-initiated manganese-catalyzed Giese addition of unactivated alkyl iodides to electron-poor olefins.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Sep 11;:
Authors: Dong J, Wang X, Wang Z, Song H, Liu Y, Wang Q
Abstract
Herein, we report a mild protocol for direct visible-light-initiated Giese addition of unactivated alkyl iodides to electron-poor olefins (Michael acceptors) with catalysis by decacarbonyl dimanganese, Mn2(CO)10, an inexpensive earth-abundant-metal catalyst. This protocol is compatible with a wide array of sensitive functional groups and has a broad substrate scope with regard to both the alkyl iodide and the Michael acceptor.
PMID: 31509118 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - September 10, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Dong J, Wang X, Wang Z, Song H, Liu Y, Wang Q Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research