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Kinetic-control difunctionalization of olefins to α-hydroxycarbonyls under catalyst-free conditions

Hong-Yu Hou,ab   Yuan-Yuan Cheng, ORCID logo ab   Xin-Yu Zhang,ab   Ke Zhang,ab   Hui-Zhen Ren,ab   Kaiyi Su, ORCID logo ab   Zhiyuan Huang, ORCID logo ab   Bin Chen, ORCID logo ab   Chen-Ho Tung ORCID logo ab  and  Li-Zhu Wu ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials & CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory on New Materials, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
E-mail: lzwu@mail.ipc.ac.cn

b School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

Abstract

Difunctionalization of olefins is effective in constructing diverse, valuable molecules. However, such a reaction always relies on catalysts to control activity and selectivity. Herein, a catalyst-free difunctionalization of olefins with sulfonyl or alkyl precursors and 1,2-dicarbonyls is reported to synthesize complex α-hydroxycarbonyls under visible light irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Kinetic-control difunctionalization of olefins to α-hydroxycarbonyls under catalyst-free conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC02308D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 May 2025
Accepted
24 Jul 2025
First published
01 Aug 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article

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Kinetic-control difunctionalization of olefins to α-hydroxycarbonyls under catalyst-free conditions

H. Hou, Y. Cheng, X. Zhang, K. Zhang, H. Ren, K. Su, Z. Huang, B. Chen, C. Tung and L. Wu, Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02308D

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