Aqueous Micellar Environment Impacts the Co-Catalyzed Phototransformation: A Case Study

Overview

Journal J Am Chem Soc

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2024 Jul 14

PMID 39003762

Authors

Aleksandra Wincenciuk

Piotr Cmoch

Maciej Giedyk

Martin P Andersson

Dorota Gryko

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Abstract

In recent years, methodologies that rely on water as the reaction medium have gained considerable attention. The unique properties of micellar solutions were shown to improve the regio-, stereo-, and chemoselectivity of different transformations. Herein, we demonstrate that the aqueous environment is a suitable medium for a visible light driven cobalt-catalyzed reaction involving radical species. In this system, reduced vitamin B reacts with alkyl halides, generating radicals that are trapped by the lipophilic olefin present in the Stern layer. A series of NMR measurements and theoretical studies revealed the location of reaction components in the micellar system.

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