“…Two examples of active PHOTACs (Reynders et al, 2020) are presented in Scheme 19, each SCHEME 14 | Syntheses of lenalidomide ( 68), N-alkylated lenalidomide derivatives 69, and N-acylated derivatives 70. Reagents and conditions: a) NBS, AIBN, CCl 4 , reflux, 8 h, 88% yield (Balaev et al, 2013); a) NBS, AIBN, MeOAc, reflux, 18 h, 98% yield (Ponomaryov et al, 2015); a) NBS, AIBN, CCl 4 , reflux, 24h, 49% yield (Chaulet et al, 2011); b) 3-aminopiperidine-2,6-dione, Et 3 N, DMF, 50°C, 15 h, 86% yield (Balaev et al, 2013); b) 3-aminopiperidine-2,6-dione hydrochloride, K 2 CO 3 , NMP, 35°C for 1 h, then 55°C for 18 h, 89% yield (Ponomaryov et al, 2015); 3-aminopiperidine-2,6-dione, Et 3 N, MeCN, 55°C, 18 h, 57% yield (Chaulet et al, 2011); c) Pd(OH) 2 , H 2 , dioxane, 50-60°C, 78% yield (Balaev et al, 2013); c) Fe, NH 4 Cl, H 2 O, EtOH, 80°C, 4 h, 75% yield (Ponomaryov et al, 2015); c) Pd/C, H 2 , MeOH, DMF, quant. (Chaulet et al, 2011); d) linker-I or linker-Br, DIPEA, NMP, 110°C, 12 h, 48-84% yield for linkers used (Note: yield includes a following Boc deprotection on the linker) (Qiu et al, 2019); e) linker-CO 2 H, pyridine, POCl 3 , MeCN, rt, 3 h, about 40% yield for linkers used (Zhang et al, 2020a).…”