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 …

Technological innovations in photochemistry for organic synthesis: flow chemistry, high-throughput experimentation, scale-up, and photoelectrochemistry

L Buglioni, F Raymenants, A Slattery… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced chemical transformations have received in recent years a tremendous amount
of attention, providing a plethora of opportunities to synthetic organic chemists. However …

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 …

Photocatalysis in the life science industry

L Candish, KD Collins, GC Cook, JJ Douglas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the pursuit of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemists in the life science
industry require access to mild and robust synthetic methodologies to systematically modify …

Photochemical and electrochemical applications of proton-coupled electron transfer in organic synthesis

PRD Murray, JH Cox, ND Chiappini, CB Roos… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present here a review of the photochemical and electrochemical applications of multi-
site proton-coupled electron transfer (MS-PCET) in organic synthesis. MS-PCETs are redox …

The persistent radical effect in organic synthesis

D Leifert, A Studer - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radical–radical couplings are mostly nearly diffusion‐controlled processes. Therefore, the
selective cross‐coupling of two different radicals is challenging and not a synthetically …

Alkyl carbon–carbon bond formation by Nickel/Photoredox cross‐coupling

JA Milligan, JP Phelan, SO Badir… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The union of photoredox and nickel catalysis has resulted in a renaissance in radical
chemistry as well as in the use of nickel‐catalyzed transformations, specifically for carbon …

The hitchhiker's guide to flow chemistry∥

MB Plutschack, B Pieber, K Gilmore… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Flow chemistry involves the use of channels or tubing to conduct a reaction in a continuous
stream rather than in a flask. Flow equipment provides chemists with unique control over …

Beyond classical sulfone chemistry: metal-and photocatalytic approaches for C–S bond functionalization of sulfones

J Corpas, SH Kim-Lee, P Mauleón… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The exceptional versatility of sulfones has been extensively exploited in organic synthesis
across several decades. Since the first demonstration in 2005 that sulfones can participate …

Photoinduced decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids

A Fawcett, J Pradeilles, Y Wang, T Mutsuga, EL Myers… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The conversion of widely available carboxylic acids into versatile boronic esters would be
highly enabling for synthesis. We found that this transformation can be effected by …