Synthetic molecular photoelectrochemistry: new frontiers in synthetic applications, mechanistic insights and scalability

S Wu, J Kaur, TA Karl, X Tian… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic photoelectrochemistry (PEC) is receiving increasing attention as a new frontier for
the generation and handling of reactive intermediates. PEC permits selective single …

The advent and development of organophotoredox catalysis

T Bortolato, S Cuadros, G Simionato… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last decade, photoredox catalysis has unlocked unprecedented reactivities in
synthetic organic chemistry. Seminal advancements in the field have involved the use of well …

Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2

L Song, W Wang, JP Yue, YX Jiang, MK Wei… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
High value utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) has attracted worldwide attention for decades.
Catalytic carboxylation of alkenes with CO2 to synthesize valuable carboxylic acids and …

Unveiling extreme photoreduction potentials of donor–acceptor cyanoarenes to access aryl radicals from aryl chlorides

J Xu, J Cao, X Wu, H Wang, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the seminal work of Zhang in 2016, donor–acceptor cyanoarene-based fluorophores,
such as 1, 2, 3, 5-tetrakis (carbazol-9-yl)-4, 6-dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), have been widely …

A general electron donor–acceptor complex for photoactivation of arenes via thianthrenation

K Sun, A Shi, Y Liu, X Chen, P Xiang, X Wang, L Qu… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
General photoactivation of electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes between
arylsulfonium salts and 1, 4-diazabicyclo [2.2. 2] octane with visible light or natural sunlight …

Formation and degradation of strongly reducing cyanoarene-based radical anions towards efficient radical anion-mediated photoredox catalysis

Y Kwon, J Lee, Y Noh, D Kim, Y Lee, C Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cyanoarene-based photocatalysts (PCs) have attracted significant interest owing to their
superior catalytic performance for radical anion mediated photoredox catalysis. However …

Arenethiolate as a dual function catalyst for photocatalytic defluoroalkylation and hydrodefluorination of trifluoromethyls

C Liu, K Li, R Shang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thiol is known to act as a hydrogen atom transfer catalyst working in synergy with a
photocatalyst in photoredox catalysis, but we report herein that an arene thiolate with an …

Radical hydrocarboxylation of unactivated alkenes via photocatalytic formate activation

SN Alektiar, J Han, Y Dang, CZ Rubel… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein we disclose a strategy to promote the hydrocarboxylation of unactivated alkenes
using photochemical activation of formate salts. We illustrate that an alternative initiation …

Metal‐Free Electrochemical Carboxylation of Organic Halides in the Presence of Catalytic Amounts of an Organomediator

Y Wang, Z Zhao, D Pan, S Wang, K Jia… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, an electroreductive carboxylation of organic carbon‐halogen bonds (X= Br and Cl)
promoted by catalytic amounts of naphthalene as an organic mediator is reported. This …

Halogen-atom and group transfer reactivity enabled by hydrogen tunneling

T Constantin, B Górski, MJ Tilby, S Chelli, F Juliá… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The generation of carbon radicals by halogen-atom and group transfer reactions is generally
achieved using tin and silicon reagents that maximize the interplay of enthalpic …