Photoinduced copper-catalyzed dual decarboxylative coupling of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids with redox-active esters

Abstract

The first photoinduced copper-catalyzed dual decarboxylative cross-coupling of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids and redox-active esters has been developed. This reaction enabled C(sp2)–C(sp3) bond formation, which afforded a variety of synthetically valuable alkene derivatives. Many α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids and redox-active ester derivatives were tolerant to this reaction. The reaction also tolerated many common functional groups.