Synthesis 2019; 51(24): 4507-4530
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690987
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Radical-Mediated Difunctionalization of Styrenes

Xiazhen Bao ‡
,
Jun Li ‡
,
Wei Jiang
,
Congde Huo
We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21562037) for financially supporting this work.
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Publication History

Received: 14 July 2019

Accepted after revision: 26 August 2019

Publication Date:
10 October 2019 (online)


‡ These two authors contributed equally to this paper.

Abstract

Styrene, an extremely important compound in the chemical industry, is mainly produced by the dehydrogenation or oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene. Transformation of this raw organic material to more useful fine organic chemicals is a very significant topic. Recently, the radical difunctionalization of styrene has become a powerful and efficient tool for organic synthesis. This strategy can introduce two substituents into a styrene molecule in one step via addition to the C=C bond, enhancing the molecular complexity in a single operation with good selectivity and wide functional group compatibility.

1 Introduction

2 C-Centered Radicals

3 CF3 and Other Polyfluoroalkyl Radicals

4 N-Centered Radicals

5 P-Centered Radicals

6 O-Centered Radicals

7 S-Centered Radicals

8 Other-Atom-Centered Radicals

9 Conclusion and Perspective

 
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