Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry
- Michael K. Bogdos,
- Emmanuel Pinard and
- John A. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Depiction of the energy levels of a typical organic molecule and the photophysical processes it can...
Figure 2: General catalytic cycle of a photocatalyst in a photoredox organocatalysed reaction. [cat] – photoc...
Figure 3: Structures and names of the most common photocatalysts encountered in the reviewed literature.
Figure 4: General example of a reductive quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocata...
Figure 5: General example of an oxidative quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocat...
Scheme 1: Oxidative coupling of aldehydes and amines to amides using acridinium salt photocatalysis.
Figure 6: Biologically active molecules containing a benzamide linkage.
Scheme 2: The photocatalytic reduction of amino acids to produce the corresponding free or protected amines.
Scheme 3: The organocatalysed photoredox base-mediated oxidation of thiols to disulfides.
Scheme 4: C-Terminal modification of peptides and proteins using organophotoredox catalysis.
Scheme 5: The reduction and aryl coupling of aryl halides using a doubly excited photocatalyst (PDI).
Figure 7: Mechanism for the coupling of aryl halides using PDI, which is excited sequentially by two photons.
Scheme 6: The arylation of five-membered heteroarenes using arenediazonium salts under organophotoredox condi...
Scheme 7: The C–H (hetero)arylation of five-membered heterocycles under Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 8: The C–H sulfurisation of imidazoheterocycles using Eosin B-catalyzed photochemical methods.
Scheme 9: The introduction of the thiocyanate group using Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 10: Sulfonamidation of pyrroles using oxygen as the terminal oxidant.
Scheme 11: DDQ-catalysed C–H amination of arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 12: Photoredox-promoted radical Michael addition reactions of allylic or benzylic carbons.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanistic rationale for the observed chemoselectivities.
Scheme 13: The photocatalytic manipulation of C–H bonds adjacent to amine groups.
Scheme 14: The perylene-catalysed organophotoredox tandem difluoromethylation–acetamidation of styrene-type al...
Figure 9: Examples of biologically active molecules containing highly functionalised five membered heterocycl...
Scheme 15: The [3 + 2]-cycloaddition leading to the formation of pyrroles, through the reaction of 2H-azirines...
Figure 10: Proposed intermediate that determines the regioselectivity of the reaction.
Figure 11: Comparison of possible pathways of reaction and various intermediates involved.
Scheme 16: The acridinium salt-catalysed formation of oxazoles from aldehydes and 2H-azirines.
Scheme 17: The synthesis of oxazolines and thiazolines from amides and thioamides using organocatalysed photor...
Figure 12: Biologically active molecules on the market containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moieties.
Scheme 18: The synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles from aldehyde semicarbazones using Eosin Y organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 19: The dimerization of primary thioamides to 1,2,4-thiadiazoles catalysed by the presence of Eosin Y a...
Scheme 20: The radical cycloaddition of o-methylthioarenediazonium salts and substituted alkynes towards the f...
Scheme 21: The dehydrogenative cascade reaction for the synthesis of 5,6-benzofused heterocyclic systems.
Figure 13: Trifluoromethylated version of compounds which have known biological activities.
Scheme 22: Eosin Y-catalysed photoredox formation of 3-substituted benzimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Oxidation of dihydropyrimidines by atmospheric oxygen using photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 24: Photoredox-organocatalysed transformation of 2-substituted phenolic imines to benzoxazoles.
Scheme 25: Visible light-driven oxidative annulation of arylamidines.
Scheme 26: Methylene blue-photocatalysed direct C–H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles.
Scheme 27: Photoredox hydrotrifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes and alkynes.
Scheme 28: Trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of aromatics and heteroaromatics.
Scheme 29: The cooperative asymmetric and photoredox catalysis towards the functionalisation of α-amino sp3 C–...
Scheme 30: Organophotoredox-catalysed direct C–H amidation of aromatics.
Scheme 31: Direct C–H alkylation of heterocycles using BF3K salts. CFL – compact fluorescent lamp.
Figure 14: The modification of camptothecin, demonstrating the use of the Molander protocol in LSF.
Scheme 32: Direct C–H amination of aromatics using acridinium salts.
Scheme 33: Photoredox-catalysed nucleophilic aromatic substitution of nucleophiles onto methoxybenzene derivat...
Scheme 34: The direct C–H cyanation of aromatics with a focus on its use for LSF.
