Ryoga Hashimoto

2 months ago | chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Daisuke Suzuki |Ryoga Hashimoto |Toshiki Furutani |Mugen Yamawaki

1 Introduction Photoinduced decarboxylative radical functionalization of aryl carboxylic acids through the formation of aryl radicals under milder conditions than used for transition metal–catalyzed decarboxylation (>140 °C)[1] has recently emerged as a research topic in organic synthesis,[2] driven by the widespread occurrence of aryl carboxylic acids in nature, in addition to their inexpensiveness and facile storage and handling.