Table 1.

Photocatalytic nucleophilic addition of alcohols to 1 and 6^a.

nucleophile	substrate 1		substrate 6
	yields (%)b of 5 after 12 h irradiation	yields (%)b of 5 after 24 h irradiation	yields (%)b of 7 after 42 h irradiation
methanol	69	100	32
ethanol	75	100	21
propanol	64	100	24
butanol	66	100	21
isopropanol	63	100	19
tert-butanol	78	98	19
benzyl alcohol	52	84	8c
phenol	n.d.	0	0

^aReaction conditions: 1 or 6 (25 mM), Ph–SH (12.5 mM), PDI (0.5 mM), in CH₂Cl₂/alcohol 3:1 (4 mL), argon atmosphere, 30 °C, 250 mW LED, λ = 530 nm, 1, 6 and products identified and quantified by GC–MS. ^bAveraged yield from at least two independent reactions. As no byproducts have been detected conversion matches yield. ^cConversion = 24%.