Dual Nickel-and Photoredox-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Couplings: Just a Change of the Reduction System?

W Xu, T Xu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In recent years, nickel-catalyzed asymmetric coupling reactions have emerged
as efficient methods for constructing chiral C (sp3) carbon centers. Numerous novel …

Challenges and Future Perspectives in Photocatalysis: Conclusions from an Interdisciplinary Workshop

SB Beil, S Bonnet, C Casadevall, RJ Detz… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis is a versatile and rapidly developing field with applications spanning artificial
photosynthesis, photo-biocatalysis, photoredox catalysis in solution or supramolecular …

Mechanistic Interrogation of Photochemical Nickel-Catalyzed Tetrahydrofuran Arylation Leveraging Enantioinduction Data

BD McManus, LC Hung, OR Taylor… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This manuscript details the development of an asymmetric variant for the Ni-photoredox α-
arylation of tetrahydrofuran (THF), which was originally reported in a racemic fashion by …

Ni-Catalyzed Desymmetric Radical Cross-Coupling Reaction to Access Axially Chiral Biaryls

YD Zhu, ZY Dai, M Jiang, PS Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of axially chiral biaryls continues to garner significant attention in the scientific
community. In this work, we introduce a Ni-catalyzed desymmetrization strategy for prochiral …

Mechanisms of Photoredox Catalysis Featuring Nickel–Bipyridine Complexes

DA Cagan, D Bím, NP Kazmierczak, RG Hadt - ACS catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metallaphotoredox catalysis can unlock useful pathways for transforming organic reactants
into desirable products, largely due to the conversion of photon energy into chemical …

Multiconfigurational Electronic Structure of Nickel Cross-Coupling Catalysts Revealed by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

KJ Nelson, NP Kazmierczak, DA Cagan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
NiII 2, 2′-bipyridine complexes are commonly invoked intermediates in metallaphotoredox
cross-coupling reactions. Despite their ubiquity, design principles targeting improved …

Nickel-Catalyzed Photoredox Allenylation of Alkyl Halides

T Hu, C Beluze, V Fagué, OE Kambire, D Bouyssi… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report a dual Ni/photoredox-catalyzed cross-coupling method for propargyl carbonates
and nonactivated alkyl bromides, facilitating the synthesis of a variety of substituted allenes …

A Comprehensive Multireference Study of Excited-State Ni–Br Bond Homolysis in (dtbbpy)NiII(aryl)(Br)

S Kumar, S Dutta, L Cavallo, B Maity - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
The mechanism of visible light-driven Ni–C (aryl) bond homolysis in (2, 2′-bipyridine) NiII
(aryl)(halide) complexes, which play a crucial role in metallaphotoredox catalysis for cross …

Theoretical study on the concerted catalysis of Ir/Ni for amino radical transfer for C (sp 2)–C (sp 3) bond formation

H Li, H Zheng - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Thomas C. Maier's group has reported a synergistic Ir/Ni catalysis method for the synthesis
of C (sp2)–C (sp3) bonds through an amino radical transfer (ART) strategy to generate alkyl …

Noncanonical Electron Donor-Acceptor Model: Photoinduced Charge Transfer Between Metal-Based Photocatalyst and Inorganic Base

L Niu, W Zhang, SJ Li, Y Lan - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
The fundamental transitions of metal-based photocatalysts from ground to excited states are
typically metal-to-ligand or ligand-to-metal charge transfer, which require high-energy visible …