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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Synthesis (Stuttg). 2013 Oct 1;45(19):2699–2705. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1338419

Table 1.

Optimization studies for photocatalytic hydroxamic acid synthesis

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entry reductant acid (equiv) yield 2 (%)a yield 3 (%)a
1 i-Pr2NEt HCO2H (1) <5 0
2 4 HCO2H (1) 0 <5
3 5 HCO2H (1) 50 20
4 5 none 71 0
5 5 AcOH (1) 52 25
6 5 TFA (1) 0 84
7 5 CSA (1) 0 89
8 5 CSA (0.1) 0 88
9b 5 CSA (0.1) 0 <5
10c 5 CSA (0.1) 0 0
a

Yield determined by 1H NMR analysis.

b

Reaction conducted in the absence of Ru(bpy)3Cl2.

c

Reaction conducted in the dark.