Green-light induced cycloadditions.
Philipp W KammJames P BlincoAndreas-Neil UnterreinerShivshankar R ManePublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
We introduce a red-shifted tetrazole that is able to undergo efficient nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition (NITEC) under blue and green light irradiation. We provide a detailed wavelength-dependent reactivity map, and employ a number of LEDs for high-conversion small molecule and polymer end-group modification.