The great strides of iron photosensitizers for contemporary organic photoredox catalysis: On our way to the holy grail?

F Glaser, A Aydogan, B Elias… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The scarcity of 2 nd and 3 rd row transition metals such as ruthenium, iridium, rhodium and
osmium, coupled with a global desire for sustainable chemistry has led to the resurgence of …

A new era of LMCT: leveraging ligand-to-metal charge transfer excited states for photochemical reactions

AM May, JL Dempsey - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) excited states are capable of undergoing a wide
array of photochemical reactions, yet receive minimal attention compared to other charge …

Photocatalytic hydrofluoroalkylation of alkenes with carboxylic acids

KJ Bian, YC Lu, D Nemoto Jr, SC Kao, X Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Incorporation of fluoroalkyl motifs in pharmaceuticals can enhance the therapeutic profiles of
the parent molecules. The hydrofluoroalkylation of alkenes has emerged as a promising …

Glutathione‐Scavenging Celastrol‐Cu Nanoparticles Induce Self‐Amplified Cuproptosis for Augmented Cancer Immunotherapy

S Lu, Y Li, Y Yu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cuproptosis is a novel copper‐dependent programmed cell death. The efficacy of
cuproptosis is highly dependent on intracellular copper accumulation and counteracted by a …

Iron-Mediated Photochemical Anti-Markovnikov Hydroazidation of Unactivated Olefins

H Lindner, WM Amberg… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Unactivated olefins are converted to alkyl azides with bench-stable NaN3 in the presence of
FeCl3· 6H2O under blue-light irradiation. The products are obtained with anti-Markovnikov …

Iron photocatalysis via Brønsted acid-unlocked ligand-to-metal charge transfer

X Jiang, Y Lan, Y Hao, K Jiang, J He, J Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Reforming sustainable 3d-metal-based visible light catalytic platforms for inert bulk chemical
activation is highly desirable. Herein, we demonstrate the use of a Brønsted acid to unlock …

Radical Phosphorylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds via Iron Photocatalysis

GD Xia, ZK Liu, YL Zhao, FC Jia, XQ Hu - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of tertiary phosphines (III) has been a long-standing challenge in synthetic
chemistry because of inevitable issues including harsh conditions, sensitive organometallic …

Synthesis of quinoxalines through Cu-electrocatalytic azidation/annulation cascade at low catalyst loading

M Baidya, S De Sarkar - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A Cu-electrocatalytic azidation of N-aryl enamines and subsequent denitrogenative
annulation for the construction of quinoxaline frameworks is reported. Only 0.5 mol% of …

Nitrative difunctionalization of alkenes via cobalt-mediated radical ligand transfer and radical-polar crossover photoredox catalysis

S Patra, R Giri, D Katayev - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the rational design of a modular dual photoredox and cobalt catalysis
paradigm for the difunctionalization of unsaturated hydrocarbons, unlocking the synthesis of …

Modular and Practical 1, 2‐Aryl (Alkenyl) Heteroatom Functionalization of Alkenes through Iron/Photoredox Dual Catalysis

W Zhang, T Liu, HT Ang, P Luo, Z Lei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Efficient methods for synthesizing 1, 2‐aryl (alkenyl) heteroatomic cores,
encompassing heteroatoms such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and halogens, are of …