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Di Terlizzi L, Nicchio L, Protti S, Fagnoni M. Visible photons as ideal reagents for the activation of coloured organic compounds. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:4926-4975. [PMID: 38596901 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs01129a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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In recent decades, the traceless nature of visible photons has been exploited for the development of efficient synthetic strategies for the photoconversion of colourless compounds, namely, photocatalysis, chromophore activation, and the formation of an electron donor/acceptor (EDA) complex. However, the use of photoreactive coloured organic compounds is the optimal strategy to boost visible photons as ideal reagents in synthetic protocols. In view of such premises, the present review aims to provide its readership with a collection of recent photochemical strategies facilitated via direct light absorption by coloured molecules. The protocols have been classified and presented according to the nature of the intermediate/excited state achieved during the transformation.
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- Lorenzo Di Terlizzi
- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Chawla R, Singh AK, Dutta PK. Arylazo sulfones: multifaceted photochemical reagents and beyond. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:869-893. [PMID: 38196324 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01599h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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The photochemical action of arylazo sulfones under visible light irradiation has recently gained considerable attention for the construction of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds in organic synthesis. The inherent dyedauxiliary group (-N2SO2R) embedded in the reagent is responsible for the absorption of visible light even in the absence of a photocatalyst, additive or oxidant, leading to the generation of three different radicals, viz. aryl (carbon-centred), sulfonyl (sulphur-centred) and diazenyl (nitrogen-centred) radicals, under different reaction conditions. Encountering a reagent with such a versatile behaviour is quite rare, which makes arylazo sulfones a highly interesting class of compounds. The mild reaction conditions under which these reagents can operate are an added advantage. Recently, they are also being used as non-ionic photoacid generators (PAGs), electron acceptors, and hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and imination reagents in a number of synthetic transformations. They have displayed substantial damaging effect on the structure of DNA in the presence of light which can lead to their use as phototoxic pharmaceuticals for cancer treatment. Moreover, their photochemistry is also being exploited in polymerization reactions (as photoinitiators) and in materials chemistry (surface modification).
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- Ruchi Chawla
- Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj 211004, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj 211002, India
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- Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj 211004, India.
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Nitti A, Martinelli A, Batteux F, Protti S, Fagnoni M, Pasini D. Blue light driven free-radical polymerization using arylazo sulfones as initiators. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00928a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The polymerization of a broad range of electron-poor olefins has been achieved under free-radical conditions by using arylazo sulfones as visible light photoinitiators.
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- Andrea Nitti
- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and INSTM Research Unit, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Meng N, Liu Q, Liu R, Lü Y, Zhao X, Wei W. Recent Advances in Arylations and Sulfonylations of Arylazo Sulfones. CHINESE J ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202107022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Qiu D, Lian C, Mao J, Fagnoni M, Protti S. Dyedauxiliary Groups, an Emerging Approach in Organic Chemistry. The Case of Arylazo Sulfones. J Org Chem 2020; 85:12813-12822. [PMID: 32956584 PMCID: PMC8011925 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The number of research papers that report photocatalyst-free protocols is currently increasing. Among the different approaches proposed, the conversion of a strong C-X bond of a stable substrate into a photolabile reactive moiety has been recently proposed. In this Synopsis, we introduce the so-dubbed dyedauxiliary group strategy by focusing on arylazo sulfones that are bench stable and visible-light responsive derivatives of anilines that have been exploited as precursors of a wide range of intermediates, including carbon-centered radicals as well as aryl cations.
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- Di Qiu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P.R. China
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- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. Le Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- PhotoGreen Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. Le Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy
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Tromayer M, Dobos A, Gruber P, Ajami A, Dedic R, Ovsianikov A, Liska R. A biocompatible diazosulfonate initiator for direct encapsulation of human stem cells via two-photon polymerization. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00278a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A cleavable, biocompatible diazosulfonate two-photon initiator (2PI) was developed overcoming limitations caused by the toxicity of state-of-the-art bimolecular 2PIs.
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- Maximilian Tromayer
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry
- TU Wien (Technische Universitaet Wien)
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
- Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology
- TU Wien (Technische Universitaet Wien)
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
- Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology
- TU Wien (Technische Universitaet Wien)
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
- Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics
- Ke Karlovu 3
- Charles University
- 12116 Praha 2
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology
- TU Wien (Technische Universitaet Wien)
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
- Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry
- TU Wien (Technische Universitaet Wien)
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
- Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration
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Crespi S, Protti S, Fagnoni M. Wavelength Selective Generation of Aryl Radicals and Aryl Cations for Metal-Free Photoarylations. J Org Chem 2016; 81:9612-9619. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stefano Crespi
- Department of Chemistry, PhotoGreen Lab, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, PhotoGreen Lab, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, PhotoGreen Lab, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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K. Boeckman R, M. Hanson S, A. Cody J. Alkylation of 2-Butyl-4,4-dimethyl-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxathiine-1,1-dioxide, a New Class of Acyl Anion Equivalents as an Alternative to Dithianes. HETEROCYCLES 2006. [DOI: 10.3987/com-06-s(w)56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kamigata N, Kondoh T, Kameyama M, Satoh T, Kobayashi M. Reaction of Arylazo Aryl Sulfone with Olefins in the Presence of Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0). CHEM LETT 1987. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.1987.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Golpashin F, Weiss B, Dürr H. [Photochemical model studies on skin photosensitizing drugs: sulfonamides and sulfonylureas]. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 1984; 317:906-13. [PMID: 6517674 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.19843171103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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