Organophotocatalytic Mechanisms: Simplicity or Naïvety? Diverting Reactive Pathways by Modifications of Catalyst Structure, Redox States and Substrate …

MJP Mandigma, J Kaur, JP Barham - ChemCatChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis is a powerful tool to assemble diverse chemical scaffolds, yet a bottleneck on
its further development is the understanding of the multitude of possible pathways when …

A survey of the iron ligand-to-metal charge transfer chemistry in water

J Stahl, B König - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron, mostly as Fe2+ or Fe3+ bound in oxides, is the second most common element in the
earth's crust after aluminium. Salts of the d-block metal are cheap and commercially …

Accelerated photochemical reactions at oil-water interface exploiting melting point depression

YM Tian, W Silva, RM Gschwind, B König - Science, 2024 - science.org
Water can accelerate a variety of organic reactions far beyond the rates observed in
classical organic solvents. However, using pure water as a solvent introduces solubility …

Photoinduced Trifluoromethylselenolation of Aryl Halides with [Me4N][SeCF3]

F Li, X Han, Z Xu, CP Zhang - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A visible-light-induced metal-free trifluoromethylselenolation of aryl iodides and bromides
with [Me4N][SeCF3] is described. The reaction was conducted at ambient temperature by …

Sustainable cascade reaction combining transition metal-biocatalysis and hydrophobic substrates in surfactant-free aqueous solutions

E Hofmann, L Schmauser, J Neugebauer… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A cascade reaction consisting of a Heck reaction followed by an enzyme-catalyzed reaction
is carried out in different aqueous solutions. In particular, the impact of the structuring of the …

Photoinduced Phosphoniumation of Aryl Halides and Arylthianthrenium Salts via an Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex

Z Gan, J Chen, H Wang, Z Xue, Z Chen, Y Zhang… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Owing to their remarkable practicality and utility, phosphonium salts have attracted
substantial interest and are widely applied in critical areas, such as medicine, materials …

Light-assisted functionalization of aryl radicals towards metal-free cross-coupling

H Zhao, VD Cuomo, W Tian, C Romano… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The many synthetic possibilities that arise when using radical intermediates, in place of their
polar counterparts, make contemporary radical chemistry research an exhilarating field. The …

Visible Light instead of Transition Metal: Electron Donor Acceptor Complex Enabled Cross‐Coupling of Aryl Halides with Active Methylene Compounds

AA Volkov, DI Bugaenko… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An arylation of anions of active methylene compounds with aryl halides provides an access
to synthetically versatile α‐arylated 1, 3‐diketones, β‐keto esters, β‐keto nitriles, β‐cyano …

Catalytic Generation of Pyridyl Radicals via Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex Photoexcitation: Synthesis of 2-Pyridylindole-Based Heterobiaryls

Y Tan, M Pei, K Yang, T Zhou, A Hu, JJ Guo - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report the catalytic generation of pyridyl radicals through photoexcitation of the electron
donor–acceptor (EDA) complex, which enables the C2-selective heteroarylation of indole …

Generation and Application of Aryl Radicals Under Photoinduced Conditions

A Das, KR Justin Thomas - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photoinduced aryl radical generation is a powerful strategy in organic synthesis that
facilitates the formation of diverse carbon‐carbon and carbon‐heteroatom bonds. The …