Hsiang-Ming Yang, Mingtao Liu, Jing‐Wen Tu
Dec 30, 2019
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
We report the first use of a rhodium(II) dimer in visible light photoredox catalysis, for the aerobic oxidation of arylboronic acids to phenols under mild conditions. Spectroscopic and computational studies indicate that the catalyst Rh2(bpy)2(OAc)4 (1) undergoes metal-metal to ligand charge transfer (MMLCT) upon visible light irradiation, which is responsible for catalytic activity. Further reactivity studies demonstrate that 1 is a general photoredox catalyst for diverse oxidation reactions.