Jose Jobsy, Yadav Arun, Tripathi Chandra Bhushan
Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226031, India.
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Oct 3;60(80):11315-11318. doi: 10.1039/d4cc03778b.
A visible light-induced cycloaddition of 1,3-dienes and -quinonemethides through EDA complexation is reported. The reaction does not require any external photocatalyst, oxidant or additive. The generality of the method is established through a broad substrate scope. This newly developed strategy presents an exciting prospect for the development of metal-free photocatalytic [4+2] cycloaddition reactions.
