Site-Specific Radical Alkylation of Aryl Cyanide: Visible-Light, Photoredox-Catalyzed, Three-Component Arylalkylation of [1.1.1]Propellane.

We report herein a three-component radical arylalkylation of [1.1.1]propellane toward the synthesis of aryl-substituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane derivatives. The use of electron-deficient aryl cyanide as an aryl group source not only reduces the energy barrier of the arylation of the nucleophilic alkyl radical species, but also suppresses the electrophilic Friedel-Crafts alkylation process, enabling the present site-selective arylalkylation.