Enantioselective photochemical reactions enabled by triplet energy transfer

J Großkopf, T Kratz, T Rigotti, T Bach - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
For molecules with a singlet ground state, the population of triplet states is mainly possible
(a) by direct excitation and subsequent intersystem crossing or (b) by energy transfer from …

Enhancing the potential of enantioselective organocatalysis with light

M Silvi, P Melchiorre - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Organocatalysis—catalysis mediated by small chiral organic molecules—is a powerful
technology for enantioselective synthesis, and has extensive applications in traditional ionic …

Synthetic methods driven by the photoactivity of electron donor–acceptor complexes

GEM Crisenza, D Mazzarella… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The association of an electron-rich substrate with an electron-accepting molecule can
generate a new molecular aggregate in the ground state, called an electron donor–acceptor …

Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reaction-enabled total synthesis of indole-based natural products

C Zheng, SL You - Natural Product Reports, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 up to 2019. Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions have
witnessed considerable development in recent years. As the most extensively studied sub …

Chiral assemblies of pinwheel superlattices on substrates

S Zhou, J Li, J Lu, H Liu, JY Kim, A Kim, L Yao, C Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The unique topology and physics of chiral superlattices make their self-assembly from
nanoparticles highly sought after yet challenging in regard to (meta) materials,–. Here we …

Catalytic C–C bond-forming multi-component cascade or domino reactions: Pushing the boundaries of complexity in asymmetric organocatalysis

CMR Volla, I Atodiresei, M Rueping - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The construction of carbon− carbon bonds, along with the creation of stereogenic carbon
centers, continues to be an appealing and demanding area of research, and processes in …

Bifunctional amine‐squaramides: powerful hydrogen‐bonding organocatalysts for asymmetric domino/cascade reactions

P Chauhan, S Mahajan, U Kaya… - … Synthesis & Catalysis, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Organocatalytic domino/cascade reactions provide a convenient method for the construction
of complex molecular structures bearing multiple stereocenters in a highly stereoselective …

Asymmetric catalytic formation of quaternary carbons by iminium ion trapping of radicals

JJ Murphy, D Bastida, S Paria, M Fagnoni, P Melchiorre - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
An important goal of modern organic chemistry is to develop new catalytic strategies for
enantioselective carbon–carbon bond formation that can be used to generate quaternary …

Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis

JMR Narayanam, CRJ Stephenson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of visible light sensitization as a means to initiate organic reactions is attractive due
to the lack of visible light absorbance by organic compounds, reducing side reactions often …

Organocatalytic cascade reactions as a new tool in total synthesis

C Grondal, M Jeanty, D Enders - Nature chemistry, 2010 - nature.com
The total synthesis of natural products and biologically active compounds, such as
pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, has reached an extraordinary level of sophistication …