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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 59(20): 2943-2945, 2023 Mar 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36799450
ABSTRACT
An electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complex forms between 1,4-dicyanobenzene and N-phenylpyrrolidine, which are coupling partners for the α-aminoarylation photoredox reaction. Calculations and experiments demonstrate the EDA complex is a better base than N-phenylpyrroline. A re-analysis of the α-aminoarylation reaction suggests that the EDA complex is a proton acceptor in the reaction.