Metallaphotoredox: the merger of photoredox and transition metal catalysis

AY Chan, IB Perry, NB Bissonnette, BF Buksh… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The merger of photoredox catalysis with transition metal catalysis, termed
metallaphotoredox catalysis, has become a mainstay in synthetic methodology over the past …

Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Controlling Ni redox states by dynamic ligand exchange for electroreductive Csp3–Csp2 coupling

TB Hamby, MJ LaLama, CS Sevov - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cross-electrophile coupling (XEC) reactions of aryl and alkyl electrophiles are appealing but
limited to specific substrate classes. Here, we report electroreductive XEC of previously …

A Paradigm Shift in Catalysis: Electro-and Photomediated Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

MD Palkowitz, MA Emmanuel… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are fundamental reactions
in organic chemistry, facilitating strategic bond formations for accessing natural products …

Triplet energy transfer photocatalysis: unlocking the next level

F Strieth-Kalthoff, F Glorius - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Energy transfer can leverage the enormous potential of excited-state reactivity. Through"
indirect excitation" of substrates, otherwise elusive reactivity modes can be switched on …

Nickel and palladium catalysis: Stronger demand than ever

VM Chernyshev, VP Ananikov - Acs Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Key similarities and differences of Pd and Ni in catalytic systems are discussed. Overall, Ni
and Pd catalyze a vast number of similar C–C and C–heteroatom bond-forming reactions …

Mechanistic analysis of metallaphotoredox C–N coupling: photocatalysis initiates and perpetuates Ni (I)/Ni (III) coupling activity

NA Till, L Tian, Z Dong, GD Scholes… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The combined use of reaction kinetic analysis, ultrafast spectroscopy, and stoichiometric
organometallic studies has enabled the elucidation of the mechanistic underpinnings to a …

Overcoming photochemical limitations in metallaphotoredox catalysis: red-light-driven C–N cross-coupling

SL Goldschmid, NE Soon Tay, CL Joe… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aryl amination is an essential transformation for medicinal, process, and materials chemistry.
In addition to classic Buchwald–Hartwig amination conditions, blue-light-driven …

Nickel‐catalyzed C‐heteroatom cross‐coupling reactions under mild conditions via facilitated reductive elimination

C Zhu, H Yue, J Jia, M Rueping - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of C‐heteroatom bonds represents an important type of bond‐forming
reaction in organic synthesis and often provides a fast and efficient access to privileged …

General cross-coupling reactions with adaptive dynamic homogeneous catalysis

I Ghosh, N Shlapakov, TA Karl, J Düker, M Nikitin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cross-coupling reactions are among the most important transformations in modern organic
synthesis,–. Although the range of reported (het) aryl halides and nucleophile coupling …