Non-innocent behaviour of aromatic isocyanides under visible light: a pathway to thioformimidates and dehydroalanine

Wu, Minghui;Hanssens, Jay;Russo, Camilla;Walia, Rajat;Ranjan, Prabhat;et.al.
(2026) Chemical Science — Vol. 17, n° 11, p. 5387-5393 (2026)

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  • Wu, Minghuiorcid-logoBiobased Organic Chemistry, Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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  • Hanssens, Jayorcid-logoBiobased Organic Chemistry, Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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  • Russo, Camillaorcid-logoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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  • Walia, Rajatorcid-logoInstitute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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  • Ranjan, Prabhatorcid-logoBiobased Organic Chemistry, Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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<jats:p>In this work, we report a visible-light-driven strategy that enables aromatic isocyanides to act as intrinsic radical initiators, allowing efficient thioformimidate synthesis under mild, additive-free conditions.</jats:p>
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Wu, M., Hanssens, J., Russo, C., Walia, R., Giustiniano, M., Troian-Gautier, L., Saya, J., Orru, R., & Ranjan, P. (2026). Non-innocent behaviour of aromatic isocyanides under visible light: a pathway to thioformimidates and dehydroalanine. Chemical Science, 17(11), 5387-5393. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc07984e (Original work published 2026)