Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed C-H Arylation at Room Temperature

Room-temperature azole C-H arylations were accomplished with inexpensive copper(I) compounds by means of photoinduced catalysis. The expedient copper catalysis set the stage for site-selective C-H arylations of non-aromatic oxazolines under mild reaction conditions, and provides step-economical access to the alkaloid natural products balsoxin and texamine. Copper light: Room-temperature C-H arylations of heteroarenes were accomplished with inexpensive copper compounds by photoinduced catalysis. The expedient copper catalysis leads to site-selective C-H arylations of non-aromatic oxazolines under mild reaction conditions, and provides step-economical access to the alkaloid natural products balsoxin and texamine.