A room temperature decarboxylation/C–H functionalization cascade by visible-light photoredox catalysis

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42672f
• Publication Date: 2013-05-03T14:52:34Z
• Authors: Jin Xie; Pan Xu; Huamin Li; Qicai Xue; Hongming Jin; Yixiang Cheng; Chengjian Zhu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

An elegant approach to quaternary oxindole formation has been developed through a room temperature decarboxylation/radical C-H functionalization by visible-light photoredox catalysis.