Photo-Mediated Decarboxylative Giese-Type Reaction Using Organic Pyrimidopteridine Photoredox Catalysts

The decarboxylative Giese-type reaction offers a versatile methodology for the radical alkylation of electron-deficient alkenes. Photo-mediated variants often require a pre-activation of carboxylic acids and/or employment of costly transition-metal photocatalysts. Herein, we present a metal-free photocatalyzed decarboxylative Giese-type addition to electron-deficient alkenes using pyrimidopteridine N-oxides as organic photoredox-active catalysts. This protocol comprises mono-, di-, and trisubstituted aliphatic, α-amino, and α-oxy acids as well as a variety of electron-deficient alkenes. Moreover, post-synthetic derivatization and applications are presented.