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 …

Applications of halogen-atom transfer (XAT) for the generation of carbon radicals in synthetic photochemistry and photocatalysis

F Juliá, T Constantin, D Leonori - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The halogen-atom transfer (XAT) is one of the most important and applied processes for the
generation of carbon radicals in synthetic chemistry. In this review, we summarize and …

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 …

Ligand‐to‐metal charge transfer (LMCT) photochemistry at 3d‐metal complexes: an emerging tool for sustainable organic synthesis

F Juliá - ChemCatChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the rich photochemistry of 3d‐metal complexes, the utilization of excited‐state
reactivity of these compounds in organic synthesis has been historically overlooked. The …

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds used in photocatalysis

MA Bryden, E Zysman-Colman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic compounds that show Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) have
become wildly popular as next-generation emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) …

Metal-free amino (hetero) arylation and aminosulfonylation of alkenes enabled by photoinduced energy transfer

XK Qi, MJ Zheng, C Yang, Y Zhao… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
β-(Hetero) arylethylamines are privileged structural motifs found in many high-value organic
molecules, including pharmaceuticals and natural products. To construct these important …

Rapid and modular access to quaternary carbons from tertiary alcohols via bimolecular homolytic substitution

CA Gould, AL Pace… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quaternary carbons are ubiquitous in bioactive molecules; however, synthetic methods for
the construction of this motif remain underdeveloped. Here, we report the synthesis of …

Mechanochemistry: new tools to navigate the uncharted territory of “impossible” reactions

F Cuccu, L De Luca, F Delogu, E Colacino… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanochemical transformations have made chemists enter unknown territories, forcing a
different chemistry perspective. While questioning or revisiting familiar concepts belonging …

Visible light photocatalysis in the late-stage functionalization of pharmaceutically relevant compounds

R Cannalire, S Pelliccia, L Sancineto… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The late stage functionalization (LSF) of complex biorelevant compounds is a powerful tool
to speed up the identification of structure–activity relationships (SARs) and to optimize …

Photochemical single-step synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives from alkenes and (hetero) arenes

G Tan, M Das, H Keum, P Bellotti, C Daniliuc… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract β-Amino acids are frequently found as important components in numerous
biologically active molecules, drugs and natural products. In particular, they are broadly …