Triaryl carbonium ion-pair-mediated cooperative aerobic dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles

• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhenguo, Gu, Jun, Ji, Liang, Liu, Xiaoxiao, Zhang, Ting, Lv, Yongheng, Liu, Fang, Jia, Zhenhua, Loh, Teck-Peng
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Metal Free; Ion Pair
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171494
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The triphenylmethyl radical was discovered by Gomberg in 1900 and has been shown to be a persistent radical species. Surprisingly, this radical is rarely used in organic synthesis since its discovery over a century ago. Here, we report a metal-free aerobic dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles mediated...