{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sun K"],"funding":["Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (Henan Province Natural Science Foundation)","National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["9693"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11549398"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Aryl thianthrenium salts are valuable in photocatalysis but traditionally require external electron donors for activation. This study introduces an energy transfer (EnT) strategy for the activation of aryl thianthrenium salts using 2,3,4,5,6-penta(carbazol-9-yl)benzonitrile (5CzBN) as a metal-free photocatalyst, eliminating the need for external donors. Utilizing this EnT approach, we achieve C-H deuteration of arenes under visible light with CDCl<sub>3</sub> as a deuterium source to synthesize various deuterated aromatic compounds, including important natural products and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, this strategy enables diverse functionalizations including borylation, arylation, cyanation, and selenylation, enhancing the applicability of aryl sulfonium salts in environmentally friendl"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Energy-transfer-enabled photocatalytic transformations of aryl thianthrenium salts."],"pmcid":["PMC11549398"],"funding_grant_id":["22171249","232300421363","21971224"],"pubmed_authors":["Ge C","Yu B","Qu L","Chen X","Sun K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Energy-transfer-enabled photocatalytic transformations of aryl thianthrenium salts.","description":"Aryl thianthrenium salts are valuable in photocatalysis but traditionally require external electron donors for activation. This study introduces an energy transfer (EnT) strategy for the activation of aryl thianthrenium salts using 2,3,4,5,6-penta(carbazol-9-yl)benzonitrile (5CzBN) as a metal-free photocatalyst, eliminating the need for external donors. Utilizing this EnT approach, we achieve C-H deuteration of arenes under visible light with CDCl<sub>3</sub> as a deuterium source to synthesize various deuterated aromatic compounds, including important natural products and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, this strategy enables diverse functionalizations including borylation, arylation, cyanation, and selenylation, enhancing the applicability of aryl sulfonium salts in environmentally friendl","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-22T19:41:41.553Z","creation":"2025-04-06T02:54:02.999Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11549398","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39516492"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-54079-3"]}}