Progress in Photoinduced Decarboxylative Radical Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

Abstract

Alkyl carboxylic acids are among the most ubiquitous organic molecules found in nature. The reactions using abundant carboxylic acid and its derivatives as starting materials deserve widespread attention over the world. They are often easy to generate alkyl radical by photoredox catalysis under mild conditions for building various chemical bonds in organic chemistry. Based on the reaction modes, decarboxylation of alkylcarboxylic acids and their derivatives, the recent progress in decarboxylation of alkylcarboxylic acids and their derivatives under visible light is reviewed.