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 …

A rational approach to organo‐photocatalysis: novel designs and structure‐property relationships

A Vega‐Peñaloza, J Mateos… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photocatalysts are emerging as viable and more sustainable tools than metal
complexes. Recently, the field of organo‐photocatalysis has experienced an explosion in …

[HTML][HTML] Organophotocatalysed synthesis of 2-piperidinones in one step via [1+ 2+ 3] strategy

YD Du, S Wang, HW Du, XY Chang, XY Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Six-membered N-containing heterocycles, such as 2-piperidinone derivatives, with diverse
substitution patterns are widespread in natural products, drug molecules and serve as key …

Recent advances in visible light-induced C(sp3)–N bond formation

M Rivas, V Palchykov, X Jia, V Gevorgyan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Synthetic chemists have long focused on selective C (sp 3)–N bond-forming approaches in
response to the high value of this motif in natural products, pharmaceutical agents and …

[HTML][HTML] Radical azidation as a means of constructing C (sp3)-N3 bonds

L Ge, MF Chiou, Y Li, H Bao - Green Synthesis and Catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
The azido group is found in large numbers of natural products, drugs, biochemicals and
materials and to date, many elegant and useful methods for the synthesis of organic azides …

Visible-Light-Enabled Ortho-Selective Aminopyridylation of Alkenes with N-Aminopyridinium Ylides

Y Moon, W Lee, S Hong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
By utilizing an underexplored reactivity mode of N-aminopyridinium ylides, we developed
the visible-light-induced ortho-selective aminopyridylation of alkenes via radical-mediated 1 …

Direct Access to Primary Amines from Alkenes by Selective Metal‐Free Hydroamination

YD Du, BH Chen, W Shu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Direct and selective synthesis of primary amines from easily available precursors is
attractive yet challenging. Herein, we report the rapid synthesis of primary amines from …

Regiodivergent conversion of alkenes to branched or linear alkylpyridines

M Kim, S Shin, Y Koo, S Jung, S Hong - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we report a practical protocol for the visible-light-induced regiodivergent radical
hydropyridylation of unactivated alkenes using pyridinium salts. This approach provides a …

Alkyl enol ethers: Development in intermolecular organic transformation

SAZ Ahmad, TK Jena, FA Khan - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alkyl enol ethers (AEE) are versatile synthetic intermediates with a unique reactivity pattern.
This review article summarizes the synthesis of AEE as well as its reactivity and how enol …

Photocatalysis: A step closer to the perfect synthesis

Y Abderrazak - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The complexity of molecules with biological and therapeutic interests is still growing and still
creating continuous challenges that are faced with the development of the synthesis …