The invention provides an alpha, beta unsubstituted 1, 4-ketoaldehyde compound and a
metal-free photocatalytic
aqueous solution acetaldehyde alpha-position selective single
alkylation reaction preparation method and application thereof, a
photosensitizer and alpha
bromine / chloro
aryl ethyl
ketone are mixed in an
organic solvent, then TEEDA, nBu4NI and an
acetaldehyde aqueous solution are sequentially added,
white light irradiation stirring reaction, separation and purification are performed, and the alpha, beta unsubstituted 1, 4-ketoaldehyde compound is obtained. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that by improving the
light source, the reaction can be amplified to the
gram scale level, the yield of the corresponding alpha and beta unsubstituted 1, 4-ketoaldehyde product is not obviously reduced, and a basis is provided for the industrialization process of the reaction. The reaction disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of wide substrate range, high functional group tolerance, simplicity in operation, mild
reaction conditions and the like. Moreover, the product disclosed by the invention can be subjected to
reductive amination with cyclic secondary amine to obtain a series of gamma-aminoketones with
biological activity, which shows that the reaction has potential synthesis application value in the field of pharmaceuticals.