DOI: 10.1039/d6ob01155a ISSN: 1477-0520
Alkyl bromide-promoted photo-methylation of benzaldehydes with DMSO as the methyl source
Alexander Yu. Smirnov, Svetlana A. Krasnova, Victoria E. Opryshko, Andrey A. Mikhaylov, Mikhail S. Baranov, Dmitrii S. IvanovA photocatalyst-free photochemical methylation of benzaldehydes using DMSO as both the solvent and the methyl source is reported. Alkyl bromides promote the reaction, which proceeds via a Fenton-like radical mechanism.