Visible-Light-Mediated Deacylated Alkynylation of Unstrained Ketone

Abstract

Deconstructive alkynylation of an unstrained ketone catalyzed by an organic photocatalyst under blue light irradiation is reported for the first time. A broad substrate scope with up to 63 examples, excellent functional group tolerance, and gram scale reaction demonstrated the practicality of this novel alkynylation method. The dihydroquinazolinone derivative of trifluoroacetophenone had been proved to have potential as a novel trifluoromethylation reagent after working well for the trifluoromethylation reaction with various alkynyl bromides.