Strain-release photocatalysis

P Bellotti, F Glorius - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
The concept of strain in organic compounds is as old as modern organic chemistry and was
initially introduced to justify the synthetic setbacks along the synthesis of small ring systems …

Visible‐light‐induced organic photochemical reactions through energy‐transfer pathways

QQ Zhou, YQ Zou, LQ Lu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Visible‐light photocatalysis is a rapidly developing and powerful strategy to initiate organic
transformations, as it closely adheres to the tenants of green and sustainable chemistry …

Photocatalyzed [2σ+ 2σ] and [2σ+ 2π] Cycloadditions for the Synthesis of Bicyclo [3.1. 1] heptanes and 5-or 6-Membered Carbocycles

TVT Nguyen, A Bossonnet, MD Wodrich… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the use of photocatalysis for the homolytic ring-opening of carbonyl
cyclopropanes. In contrast to previous studies, our approach does not require a metal …

Visible light-promoted ring-opening functionalization of three-membered carbo-and heterocycles

J Xuan, XK He, WJ Xiao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their inherent ring strain, three-membered carbocyclic-and heterocyclic ring
structures are versatile synthetic building blocks. Traditional ring-opening methods of these …

High triplet energy iridium (III) isocyanoborato complex for photochemical upconversion, photoredox and energy transfer catalysis

L Schmid, F Glaser, R Schaer… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes are often chosen as catalysts for challenging photoredox
and triplet–triplet-energy-transfer (TTET) catalyzed reactions, and they are of interest for …

Cerium-catalyzed formal cycloaddition of cycloalkanols with alkenes through dual photoexcitation

A Hu, Y Chen, JJ Guo, N Yu, Q An… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We describe a synergistic utilization of cerium photocatalysis and photoinduced electron
transfer catalysis that enables an atom-and step-economical ring expansion of readily …

Visible light photocatalysis–from racemic to asymmetric activation strategies

T Rigotti, J Alemán - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last years, an increasing interest towards the development of novel enantioselective
strategies in photocatalysis has been observed within the research community. The high …

Selective reduction of Cu2+ with simultaneous degradation of tetracycline by the dual channels ion imprinted POPD-CoFe2O4 heterojunction photocatalyst

F He, Z Lu, M Song, X Liu, H Tang, P Huo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The dual channels ion imprinted POPD-CoFe 2 O 4 heterojunction photocatalyst (magnetic
ion imprinted heterojunction photocatalyst) was synthesized by utilizing the microwave …

Asymmetric [3+ 2] Photocycloadditions of Cyclopropanes with Alkenes or Alkynes through Visible‐Light Excitation of Catalyst‐Bound Substrates

X Huang, J Lin, T Shen, K Harms… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The herein reported visible‐light‐activated catalytic asymmetric [3+ 2] photocycloadditions
between cyclopropanes and alkenes or alkynes provide access to chiral cyclopentanes and …

Expanding Stereoelectronic Limits of endo-tet Cyclizations: Synthesis of Benz[b]azepines from Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes

AE Vartanova, AY Plodukhin… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The importance of intramolecular constraints in cyclic transition-state geometries is
especially pronounced in n-endo-tet cyclizations, where the usual backside approach of a …