Classical N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), such as thiazolylidenes, 1, 2, 4-triazolylidenes,
and imidazol (in)-2-ylidenes, are powerful organocatalysts for aldehyde transformations …

Polysulfide anions are endowed with unique redox properties, attracting considerable
attentions for their applications in alkali metals–sulfur batteries. However, the employment of …

Although photoredox catalysis is complex from a mechanistic point of view, it is also often
surprisingly efficient. In fact, the quantum efficiency of a puzzlingly large portion of …

The development of suitable electron donors is critical to single-electron-transfer (SET)
processes. The use of heteroatom-centered anions as super-electron-donors (SEDs) for …

C-Alkylations of alkali metal carbanions with olefins, first reported five decades ago, is a
class of reaction undergoing a resurgence in organic synthesis in recent years. As opposed …

Most of the known single-electron reductants are either metal based reagents, used in a
stoichiometric amount, or a combination of an organic species and a photocatalyst. Here we …

Palladium salts and complexes were tested separately and in the presence of added ligands
as potential sources of aryl radicals in ground-state coupling reactions of aryl halide with …

Excited states of radical anions derived from the photoreduction of stable organic molecules
are suggested to serve as potent reductants. However, excited states of these species are …

Aryl radicals are intermediates in many reactions, but determining their presence
unambiguously is often challenging. As we recently reported, reaction of 2-iodo-1, 3 …

A new radical condensation reaction is developed where benzylic alcohols and acetamides
are coupled to generate 3-arylpropanamides with water as the only byproduct. The …