Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad 826004 Jharkhand India
2. Department of Chemistry Kanchrapara College North 24 Parganas 743145 West Bengal India
Abstract
Abstract1,n‐dicarbonyls are one of the most fascinating chemical feedstocks finding abundant usage in the field of pharmaceuticals. Besides, they are utilized in a plethora of synthesis in general synthetic organic chemistry. A number of ‘conventional’ methods are available for their synthesis, such as the Stetter reaction, Baker‐Venkatraman rearrangement, oxidation of vicinal diols, and oxidation of deoxybenzoins, synonymous with unfriendly reagents and conditions. In the last 15 years or so, photocatalysis has taken the world of synthetic organic chemistry by a remarkable renaissance. It is fair to say now that everybody loves the light and photoredox chemistry has opened a new gateway to organic chemists towards milder, more simpler alternatives to the previously available methods, allowing access to many sensitive reactions and products. In this review, we present the readers with the photochemical synthesis of a variety of 1,n‐dicarbonyls. Diverse photocatalytic pathways to these fascinating molecules have been discussed, placing special emphasis on the mechanisms, giving the reader an opportunity to find all these significant developments in one place.
Subject
General Chemistry,Catalysis,Organic Chemistry