Synthesis of Elongated Esters from Alkenes.
Tomoya MiuraYuuta FunakoshiJunki NakahashiDaisuke MoriyamaMasahiro MurakamiPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2018)
A convenient method for synthesizing elongated aliphatic esters from alkenes is reported. An (alkoxycarbonyl)methyl radical species is generated upon visible-light irradiation of an ester-stabilized phosphorus ylide in the presence of a photoredox catalyst. This radical species adds onto the carbon-carbon double bond of an alkene to produce an elongated aliphatic ester.