The protection of a carbonyl is a standard procedure to mask the reactivity of this group towards nucleophiles and reductants. The present work pointed out the potentialities of arylazo sulfones… Click to show full abstract
The protection of a carbonyl is a standard procedure to mask the reactivity of this group towards nucleophiles and reductants. The present work pointed out the potentialities of arylazo sulfones as non-ionic PhotoAcid Generators (PAGs) to promote the efficient conversion of aldehydes and ketones into acetals, ketals and 1,3-oxazolidines upon visible-light irradiation. Such approach takes advantages from the mild conditions employed and exhibits an easy scalability and a broad scope (80 examples included).
               
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