Visible-Light-Mediated Transformation of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds Based on Single Electron Transfer

Abstract

Recently, we have developed visible-light-mediated functionalization of nitrogen-containing organic compounds. These reactions include photoinduced electron transfer as a key step, where the fragmentation of aminium radicals generated from one electron oxidation of amines provides the coresponding α-aminoalkyl radicals and aminobenzyl radicals and they work as reactive intermediates. This methodology provides a new approach for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing organic compounds.