Visible-light-initiated manganese-catalyzed Giese addition of unactivated alkyl iodides to electron-poor olefins.
Jianyang DongXiaochen WangZhen WangHongjian SongYu-Xiu LiuQing-Min WangPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)
Herein, we report a mild protocol for direct visible-light-initiated Giese addition of unactivated alkyl iodides to electron-poor olefins (Michael acceptors) with catalysis by decacarbonyl dimanganese, Mn2(CO)10, an inexpensive earth-abundant-metal catalyst. This protocol is compatible with a wide array of sensitive functional groups and has a broad substrate scope with regard to both the alkyl iodide and the Michael acceptor.