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Review
. 2021 Oct 19;379(6):42.
doi: 10.1007/s41061-021-00355-5.

Recent Progress on Photocatalytic Synthesis of Ester Derivatives and Reaction Mechanisms

Yiqiang Deng #  1 , Tianbao Yang #  2 , Hui Wang  3 , Chong Yang  3 , Lihua Cheng  3 , Shuang-Feng Yin  2 , Nobuaki Kambe  4 , Renhua Qiu  5   6
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Review

Recent Progress on Photocatalytic Synthesis of Ester Derivatives and Reaction Mechanisms

Yiqiang Deng et al. Top Curr Chem (Cham). .

Abstract

Esters and their derivatives are distributed widely in natural products, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and other fields. Esters are important building blocks in pharmaceuticals such as clopidogrel, methylphenidate, fenofibrate, travoprost, prasugrel, oseltamivir, eszopiclone and fluticasone. Therefore, esterification reaction becomes more and more popular in the photochemical field. In this review, we highlight three types of reactions to synthesize esters using photochemical strategies. The reaction mechanisms involve mainly single electron transfer, energy transfer or other radical procedures.

Keywords: Blue light; Esterification; Esters; Photocatalyst; Visible light.

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