Visible light-induced bifunctional rhodium catalysis developed for decarbonylative coupling of imides with alkynes
Published Date: 10/29/2020
Source: phys.org
Carbonyl groups are ubiquitous in pharmaceuticals, natural products, and agricultural chemicals, especially amides. Transition metal-catalyzed decarbonylation offers a distinct synthetic strategy for new chemical bond formation and carbonyl groups transformation. However, the π-backbonding between CO π* orbitals and metal center d-orbitals impedes ligand dissociation to regenerate catalyst under mild condition.