Masaya Sawamura

Catalyst-Free Dichlorination of Alkenes by Direct Photoexcitation of N-Chloro(fluorenone imine)

A catalyst-free visible-light-induced dichlorination of alkenes has been developed using an N-chloro(fluorenone imine) reagent. The reaction proceeds through direct photoexcitation of the reagent under blue-light irradiation and enables vicinal dichlorination of aliphatic alkenes...