Chemistry: A European Journal 2015-01-07

Graphitic carbon nitride polymer as a recyclable photoredox catalyst for fluoroalkylation of arenes.

Moritz Baar, Siegfried Blechert

Index: Chemistry 21(2) , 526-30, (2015)

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Abstract

Heterogeneous catalysis for trifluoromethylations and perfluoroalkylations has been performed. Through the usage of cheap, metal-free and recyclable mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mpg-CN) it was possible to fluoroalkylate various arenes by the reductive activation of sulfonyl chlorides with visible light. Thus, we were able to demonstrate the robustness and versatility of mpg-CN as a photoredox catalyst beyond water splitting and the activation of oxygen. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.