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Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides

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  • Pengfei Li

    (Nankai University)

  • Chengcheng Guo

    (Nankai University)

  • Siyi Wang

    (Nankai University)

  • Dengke Ma

    (Nankai University)

  • Tian Feng

    (Nankai University)

  • Yanwei Wang

    (Nankai University)

  • Youai Qiu

    (Nankai University)

Abstract

Herein, a facile and general electroreductive deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides (X = Cl, Br, I) or pseudo-halides (X = OMs) using D2O as the economical deuterium source was reported. In addition to primary and secondary alkyl halides, sterically hindered tertiary chlorides also work very well, affording the target deuterodehalogenated products with excellent efficiency and deuterium incorporation. More than 60 examples are provided, including late-stage dehalogenative deuteration of natural products, pharmaceuticals, and their derivatives, all with excellent deuterium incorporation (up to 99% D), demonstrating the potential utility of the developed method in organic synthesis. Furthermore, the method does not require external catalysts and tolerates high current, showing possible use in industrial applications.

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  • Pengfei Li & Chengcheng Guo & Siyi Wang & Dengke Ma & Tian Feng & Yanwei Wang & Youai Qiu, 2022. "Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31435-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31435-9
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