Synthesis 2025; 57(22): 3481-3487
DOI: 10.1055/a-2705-4304
Paper
Published as part of the Special Topic Dedicated to Prof. Paul Knochel

Photoinduced Deaminative C(sp3)–H Bond diarylation of glycine derivatives by cerium catalysis

Autoren

  • Shutao Wang

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (Ringgold ID: RIN12480)
  • Jinyi Liao

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (Ringgold ID: RIN12480)
  • Yukang Li

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (Ringgold ID: RIN12480)
  • Yuan Zhang

    2   State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (Ringgold ID: RIN12426)
  • Li-Na Guo

    1   Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage, Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (Ringgold ID: RIN12480)

This work was financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22171220); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (xtr072022003), and Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2022JQ-130).


Graphical Abstract

Abstract

A Ce(III)-catalyzed, visible light–induced aerobic oxidative diarylation of glycine derivatives with electron-rich aromatics is described. This method enables the efficient and rapid synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives under mild conditions, using air as the oxidant and obviating the need for an external photosensitizer. It is noteworthy that this protocol can be scaled up to 5 mmol without a significant impact on the efficiency.



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 10. Juli 2025

Angenommen nach Revision: 02. September 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
19. September 2025

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. Oktober 2025

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