Recent advances in P III-assisted deoxygenative reactions under photochemical or electrochemical conditions

X Shao, Y Zheng, V Ramadoss, L Tian… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The nucleophilic substitution reactions of hydroxyl groups are one of the most fundamental
and widely spread transformations in organic chemistry. Among them, PIII-mediated …

An Electrochemical Design for Catalytic Dehydration: Direct, Room-Temperature Esterification without Acid or Base Additives

J Han, CA Haines, JJ Piane, LL Filien… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An electrochemical approach has been leveraged to underpin a new conceptual platform for
dehydration reactions, which has been demonstrated in the context of esterification. Esters …

Photophysical Properties and Redox Potentials of Photosensitizers for Organic Photoredox Transformations

Y Wu, D Kim, TS Teets - Synlett, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Photoredox catalysis has proven to be a powerful tool in synthetic organic chemistry. The
rational design of photosensitizers with improved photocatalytic performance constitutes a …

Alcohols as Alkyl Synthons Enabled by Photoredox-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Activation

T Mandal, S Mallick, M Islam, S De Sarkar - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcohols are abundant with versatile structural variety and have ample use as pivotal
functional groups in numerous organic processes. Because of their frequent occurrence in …

Amide bond formation via aerobic photooxidative coupling of aldehydes with amines catalyzed by a riboflavin derivative

A Hassan Tolba, M Krupicka, J Chudoba… - Organic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report an effective, operationally simple, and environmentally friendly system for the
synthesis of tertiary amides by the oxidative coupling of aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes with …

Combining flavin photocatalysis and organocatalysis: metal-free aerobic oxidation of unactivated benzylic substrates

J Zelenka, E Svobodova, J Tarabek, I Hoskovcova… - Organic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report a system with ethylene-bridged flavinium salt 2b which catalyzes the aerobic
oxidation of toluenes and benzyl alcohols with high oxidation potential (E ox>+ 2.5 V vs …

Recent Advances in Visible-Light-Induced Organic Phosphine-Promoted Deoxygenative Functionalization Reactions

T Juan, H Jiayu, Z Zhiqiang, P Shouzhi - Chinese Journal of Organic …, 2023 - sioc-journal.cn
Organic phosphine-promoted organic synthesis reactions have developed rapidly in recent
years. Triphenylphos-phine and their derivatives are the most important class of organic …

Deazaflavin reductive photocatalysis involves excited semiquinone radicals

A Graml, T Neveselý, R Jan Kutta, R Cibulka… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Flavin-mediated photocatalytic oxidations are established in synthetic chemistry. In contrast,
their use in reductive chemistry is rare. Deazaflavins with a much lower reduction potential …

Visible-Light- and PPh3-Mediated Direct C–N Coupling of Nitroarenes and Boronic Acids at Ambient Temperature

K Manna, T Ganguly, S Baitalik, R Jana - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present here a metal-free, visible-light-and triphenylphosphine-mediated intermolecular,
reductive amination between nitroarenes and boronic acids at ambient temperature without …

A flavin-inspired covalent organic framework for photocatalytic alcohol oxidation

S Trenker, L Grunenberg, T Banerjee, G Savasci… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer a number of key properties that predestine them
to be used as heterogeneous photocatalysts, including intrinsic porosity, long-range order …