Rapid access to polycyclic N-heteroarenes from unactivated, simple azines via a base-promoted Minisci-type annulation

The functionalisation of unactivated azines has been restricted because of their intrinsic low reactivity. Here the authors show a transition-metal-free, radical relay π-extension approach to produce N-doped polycyclic aromatic compounds directly from simple azines and cyclic iodonium salts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jae Bin Lee, Gun Ha Kim, Ji Hwan Jeon, Seo Yeong Jeong, Soochan Lee, Jaehyun Park, Doyoung Lee, Youngkook Kwon, Jeong Kon Seo, Joong-Hyun Chun, Seok Ju Kang, Wonyoung Choe, Jan-Uwe Rohde, Sung You Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30086-0