Herrera-Luna Jorge C, Sampedro Diego, Jiménez M Consuelo, Pérez-Ruiz Raúl
Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química (CISQ), Universidad de La Rioja, Madre de Dios, 53, 26006 Logroño, Spain.
Org Lett. 2020 Apr 17;22(8):3273-3278. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01076. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
Boron-containing thiophenes are important entities in organic/medicinal chemistry as well as in material science. In this Letter, a novel, straightforward, and fast procedure for their production employing visible light as an energy source at room temperature and ambient pressure is reported. All substrates are commercially available, and the process does not require the use of any external photocatalyst.