Visible‐Light‐Induced Deoxygenative Acylation Aromatization ofp‐Quinone Methides with Carboxylic Acids

Abstract A visible‐light‐induced acylation aromatization of para ‐quinone methides to access α,α′‐diarylated ketones was realized with cheap and readily available carboxylic acids as acylating reagents via deoxygenation. The synthetic method avoids the tedious preparation of reactants or catalysts and shows a broad substrate scope (34 examples) under mild conditions. Notably, the late‐stage functionalization of some drug molecules could also be achieved via this protocol. magnified image