Organic letters

Clean photochemical synthesis mediated by radical-radical reactions: radical buffer or the persistent free radical effect?

KS Focsaneanu, C Aliaga, JC Scaiano

Index: Focsaneanu, Kathy-Sarah; Aliaga, Carolina; Scaiano Organic Letters, 2005 , vol. 7, # 22 p. 4979 - 4982

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Abstract

A new synthetic methodology is reported that takes advantage of the persistent free radical effect (PFRE), where clean products can be obtained in good yields from radical cross- combination reactions, despite their reputation for being of little synthetic value and for resulting in complex mixtures; these problems can be avoided when the PFRE is used as a synthetic tool.