Visible light-mediated 1,2-difunctionalization reactions involving 4-cyanopyridines

RSC Advances 2026 Open access

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Authors: Pooya Raymand, Arman Vasheghani Farahani, Fatemeh Doraghi, Mohammad Hadi Edareh, Mehran Ghasemi, Mohammad Mahdavi
DOI: 10.1039/d5ra09281g
Cited by: 3
References: 52

Abstract

Pyridines are important heterocycles widely existing in natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. Pyridines also serve as versatile synthetic building blocks for complex pyridines, as well as important ligands for transition metals. Over the past few years, 4-cyanopyridine has been successfully utilized for photocatalyzed 1,2-difunctionalization of alkenes. Hence, this review highlights multicomponent reactions involving 4-cyanopyridines and discusses their mechanistic insights.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Radical Photochemical Reactions Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Publication details

Journal / source
RSC Advances
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Volume
16
Issue
9
Pages
8206–8222
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN