Table 1 Control experiments.

From: Visible-light-mediated catalyst-free synthesis of unnatural α-amino acids and peptide macrocycles

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Entry

Changes from condition A or B

Yield of 5a (%)a

1

no change from condition A

97% (94%)

2

no change from condition B

88% (84%)

3

no K2CO3 under condition A

50%

4

no KOCH3 under condition B

13%

5

KF instead of K2CO3 under condition A

63%

6

CsF instead of KOCH3 under condition B

41%

7

without Et3N or PPh3

trace

8

without H2O

<54%

9

no light

N.D.

10

no light, 60  oC

N.D.

  1. aYield was determined by 1H NMR using 4-bromobenzaldehyde as an internal standard. The value within parentheses refers to isolated yield.