Jingran Ning, Gege Jiang, Hongguang Du, Duanyang Kong
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Abstract
A photoredox self-catalysis strategy has been developed for the direct carbon isotope exchange of α-keto acids using labeled CO2, bypassing the need for stoichiometric carboxylate activation or external photocatalysts. Mechanistic studies reveal that efficient cleavage of the C–CO2 bond at low energy barriers is triggered by carboxylate single-electron oxidation, followed by a radical-polar crossover process that generates acyl anions, which then recombine with the labeled CO2.
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