Photochemical reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide using sulfite and ferrocyanide

Photoredox cycling during UV irradiation of ferrocyanide ([FeII(CN)6]4-) in the presence of stoichiometric sulfite (SO32-) is shown to be an extremely effective way to drive the reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) to simple sugars and precursors of hydroxy acids and amino acids.

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 54; no. 44; pp. 5566 - 5569
Main Authors Xu, Jianfeng, Ritson, Dougal J, Ranjan, Sukrit, Todd, Zoe R, Sasselov, Dimitar D, Sutherland, John D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
Subjects
Acrylics
Amino acids
Cyanides
Homology
Hydrogen cyanide
Hydroxy acids
Iron cyanides
Sugar
Ultraviolet radiation
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Summary:Photoredox cycling during UV irradiation of ferrocyanide ([FeII(CN)6]4-) in the presence of stoichiometric sulfite (SO32-) is shown to be an extremely effective way to drive the reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) to simple sugars and precursors of hydroxy acids and amino acids.
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c8cc01499j