Visible-Light-Mediated Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Cyanoarenes with 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines through Double Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage

摘要

Novel aromatic substitution reactions of cyanoarenes with 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines as alkylating reagents in the presence of a catalytic amount of a photoredox catalyst proceed smoothly to give the corresponding alkyl-substituted arenes in good to high yields. The present reaction system realizes a novel C-C bond-forming reaction between two fragments generated from the C-C bond-cleavage reactions of two independent substrates.