Radical reactions enabled by polyfluoroaryl fragments: photocatalysis and beyond

MO Zubkov, AD Dilman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyfluoroarenes have been known for a long time, but they are most often used as
fluorinated building blocks for the synthesis of aromatic compounds. At the same time, due to …

Dicationic Acridinium/Carbene Hybrids as Strongly Oxidizing Photocatalysts

SC Sau, M Schmitz, C Burdenski… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A new design concept for organic, strongly oxidizing photocatalysts is described based upon
dicationic acridinium/carbene hybrids. A highly modular synthesis of such hybrids is …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic asymmetric [4+ 2] dearomative photocycloadditions of anthracene and its derivatives with alkenylazaarenes

D Tian, W Shi, X Sun, X Zhao, Y Yin, Z Jiang - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Photocatalysis through energy transfer has been investigated for the facilitation of [4+ 2]
cycloaddition reactions. However, the high reactivity of radical species poses a challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic investigations of polyaza [7] helicene in photoredox and energy transfer catalysis

J Rocker, TJB Zähringer, M Schmitz… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2024 - beilstein-journals.org
Organic photocatalysts frequently possess dual singlet and triplet photoreactivity and a
thorough photochemical characterization is essential for efficient light-driven applications. In …

Spin-forbidden excitation of [Ru (bpy) 3] 2+ enables red light driven photocatalysis

G Chacktas, T Kerackian, B Pfund, D Durand… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Red light driven catalysis presents a promising alternative to conventional blue light
photocatalysis, offeringenhanced light penetration, functional group tolerance, and energy …