Efficient Use of Photons in Photoredox/Enamine Dual Catalysis with a Peptide-Bridged Flavin-Amine Hybrid

Org Lett. 2019 Sep 6;21(17):6978-6982. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02567. Epub 2019 Aug 12.

Abstract

An isoalloxazine (flavin) ring system and a secondary amine have been integrated through a short peptide linker with the aim of using photons as efficiently as possible in photoredox/enamine dual catalysis. We herein report a peptide-bridged flavin-amine hybrid that can catalyze α-oxyamination of aldehydes with TEMPO under weak blue light irradiation to achieve an extremely high quantum yield of reaction (Φ = 0.80).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't