posted on 2009-12-03, 00:00authored byChenyi Yi, Shi-Xia Liu, Antonia Neels, Philippe Renaud, Silvio Decurtins
A simple and efficient photochemical reaction can be performed to construct functionalized [1,4]oxazinium derivatives via a direct dehydrogenative coupling between sp3- and sp2-hybridized C-atoms, starting from easily accessible stable semiquinone radicals.