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The development of efficient and sustainable methods for decarboxylative transformations is of great importance due to the ease of availability and nontoxicity of carboxylic acids. Despite tremendous efforts in this… Click to show full abstract
The development of efficient and sustainable methods for decarboxylative transformations is of great importance due to the ease of availability and nontoxicity of carboxylic acids. Despite tremendous efforts in this area, it remains challenging to develop enantioselective transformations direct from carboxylic acids. Herein we disclose a photoelectrocatalytic method for the direct and enantioselective decarboxylative cyanation. The photoelectrochemical reactions convert carboxylic acids to enantioenriched nitriles by employing cerium/copper relay catalysis with a cerium salt for catalytic decarboxylation and a chiral copper complex for stereoselective C-CN formation.
Journal Title: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year Published: 2022
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