Table 1 Reaction optimizationsa.

From: Acceptorless cross-dehydrogenative coupling for C(sp3)-H heteroarylation mediated by a heterogeneous GaN/ketone photocatalyst/photosensitizer system

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Entry

Variation from std. reaction conditions

3 yield (%)b

1

None

89c

2

c-GaN (30 mol%), Xe lamp, no PhH

12

3

c-GaN (30 mol%), Xe lamp

23

4

c-GaN (30 mol%), Kessil 370 nm

35

5

c-GaN (30 mol%)

43

6

1 wt% Rh2O3/GaN (30 mol%)

85

7

Under the air atmosphere

24

8

No benzophenone

22

9

No GaN

12

10

In the dark, 35 °C

n.d.

  1. c-GaN commercial GaN powder.
  2. aAll reactions were conducted at a 0.1 mmol scale of 1 under an inert atmosphere unless otherwise noted.
  3. bYields obtained by 1H NMR with dibromomethane as internal standard.
  4. cIsolated yield.