Nucleophilic Alkoxylations of Unactivated Alkyl Olefins and α-Methyl Styrene by Photoredox Catalysis

N,N-diisobutylaminophenyl-phenothiazine is a strongly reducing catalyst that allows – for the first time – the photoredox catalytic addition of alcohols to alkyl olefins as non-activated substrates to products with Markovnikov orientation. The irradiation at 365 nm does not require any additional reagent. Using α-methyl styrene as activated substrate we additionally show that this photoredox catalytic method tolerates other functional groups, including allyl, alkynyl, cyanide, and even acid-labile Boc groups within the substrate scope.