A facile regioselective β-allylation of indoles has been accomplished employing Baylis-Hillman bromides as allyl source under visible light photoredox catalysis in the presence of Ru(bpy)3Cl2.6H2O and blue LED.
Audiences take-away:
• Use of photoredox catalysis to functionalize Baylis-Hillman adduct.
• Application of photocatalysis to replace halogens fron arenes and alkyl halides.
Arvind Kumar Yadav was born in Ghazipur, U.P., India. He received his M.Sc. degree (2010) in chemistry from the University of Allahabad, India. In the same year, he joined the research group of Prof. L. D. S. Yadav as a PhD student. He has qualified twice for a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in the National Eligibility Test (NET) of CSIR-UGC in 2010 and 2011. His research is focused on organic synthesis via Photoredox catalysis. He received his PhD degree in 2016 and worked with Prof. K. N. Singh (BHU, Varanasi) for two year (2017-2019). To 19 march 2019 he joins BRD PG College, Deoria as assistant professor and still working there. He has published more than 32 research articles in SCI(E) journals.)
