The Uranyl Cation as a Visible-Light Photocatalyst for C(sp(3) )-H Fluorination.

ABSTRACT: The fluorination of unactivated C(sp(3) )-H bonds remains a desirable and challenging transformation for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and materials scientists. Previous methods for this transformation have used bench-stable fluorine atom sources; however, many still rely on the use of UV-active photocatalysts for the requisite high-energy hydrogen atom abstraction event. Uranyl nitrate hexahydrate is described as a convenient, hydrogen atom abstraction catalyst that can mediate fluorinations of certain alkanes upon activation with visible light.

SUBMITTER: West JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5091084 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature