Enones are widely explored in synthetic chemistry as fundamental building blocks for a wide range of reactions and exhibit intriguing biological activities that are pivotal for drug discovery. The development of synthetic strategies for highly efficient preparation of enones thereby receives intense attention, in particular through the transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions. Here, we describe a carbene-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction that enables effective assembly of simple aldehydes and alkenes to afford a diverse set of enone derivatives. Mechanistically, the in situ generated aryl radical is pivotal to "activate" the alkene by forming an allyl radical through intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) pathway and thus forging the carbon-carbon bond formation with aldehyde as the acyl synthon. Notably, our method represents the first example on the enone synthesis through coupling of "non-functionalized" aldehydes and alkenes as coupling partners, and offers a distinct organocatalytic pathway to the transition metal-catalyzed coupling transformations.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |