Citation: Pei Xu, Tian-Zi Hao, Zhi-Tao Liu, Yi-Qin Liu, Hui-Xian Jiang, Dong Guo, Xu Zhu. Visible-light-induced dual catalysis for divergent reduction of nitro compounds with CO₂ radical anion[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(10): 110899. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110899 shu

Visible-light-induced dual catalysis for divergent reduction of nitro compounds with CO₂ radical anion

Pei Xu ^{a, 1} ,
Tian-Zi Hao ^{a, 1} ,
Zhi-Tao Liu ^a ,
Yi-Qin Liu ^a ,
Hui-Xian Jiang ^a ,
Dong Guo ^{a, *,} ,
Xu Zhu ^{a, b, *,}

a.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

guo@xzhmu.edu.cn

xuzhu@xzhmu.edu.cn

Received Date: 24 October 2024
Revised Date: 9 January 2025
Accepted Date: 21 January 2025
Available Online: 22 January 2025

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Selective reduction of nitroarenes has long been a problem in organic synthesis, as a wide distribution of many different products could be generated from the multi-electron transfer processes. Development of a mild and preciously controllable strong reductive catalytic system is the key challenge to realize selective reduction of nitroarenes. In this work, the authors disclose a photocatalytic strategy with formate as the electron donor via generation of the highly reductive CO₂ radical anion species. Various arylhydroxylamines or anilines could be synthesized selectively under visible-light irradiation by simply switching the photocatalysts. Moreover, in the presence of formaldehyde, the N-methyl anilines or imidazoline derivative could also be constructed in one-pot manner. Nitroalkanes were also amendable in this photocatalytic system to selectively yield oximes.
- Nitroarene reduction,
- Dual-catalysis,
- CO₂ radical anion,
- Photocatalysis
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