Visible light-induced transition metal catalysis

KPS Cheung, S Sarkar, V Gevorgyan - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, visible light-induced transition metal catalysis has emerged as a new
paradigm in organic photocatalysis, which has led to the discovery of unprecedented …

Enantioselective photochemical reactions enabled by triplet energy transfer

J Großkopf, T Kratz, T Rigotti, T Bach - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
For molecules with a singlet ground state, the population of triplet states is mainly possible
(a) by direct excitation and subsequent intersystem crossing or (b) by energy transfer from …

Nickel and palladium catalysis: Stronger demand than ever

VM Chernyshev, VP Ananikov - Acs Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Key similarities and differences of Pd and Ni in catalytic systems are discussed. Overall, Ni
and Pd catalyze a vast number of similar C–C and C–heteroatom bond-forming reactions …

Transition metal-catalyzed organic reactions under visible light: recent developments and future perspectives

WM Cheng, R Shang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of transition metal (TM) catalysis for organic synthesis under visible light
without recourse to typical photoredox catalysts has become a rapidly growing area of …

Visible-light-induced palladium-catalyzed selective defluoroarylation of trifluoromethylarenes with arylboronic acids

YC Luo, FF Tong, Y Zhang, CY He… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Selective functionalization of inactive C (sp3)–F bonds to prepare medicinally interesting
aryldifluoromethylated compounds remains challenging. One promising route is the …

Electroreductive carbofunctionalization of alkenes with alkyl bromides via a radical-polar crossover mechanism

W Zhang, S Lin - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrochemistry grants direct access to reactive intermediates (radicals and ions) in a
controlled fashion toward selective organic transformations. This feature has been …

Palladium hydride-enabled hydroalkenylation of strained molecules

Z Zhang, V Gevorgyan - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the first palladium hydride enabled hydroalkenylation of strained molecules. This
new mild protocol proceeds via a regio-and chemoselective hydropalladation step, followed …

C–H functionalization reactions enabled by hydrogen atom transfer to carbon-centered radicals

S Sarkar, KPS Cheung, V Gevorgyan - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Selective functionalization of ubiquitous unactivated C–H bonds is a continuous quest for
synthetic organic chemists. In addition to transition metal catalysis, which typically operates …

A dual light-driven palladium catalyst: Breaking the barriers in carbonylation reactions

GM Torres, Y Liu, BA Arndtsen - Science, 2020 - science.org
Transition metal–catalyzed coupling reactions have become one of the most important tools
in modern synthesis. However, an inherent limitation to these reactions is the need to …

Merging of Light/Dark Palladium Catalytic Cycles Enables Multicomponent Tandem Alkyl Heck/Tsuji–Trost Homologative Amination Reaction toward Allylic Amines

N Kvasovs, J Fang, F Kliuev… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A visible light-induced palladium-catalyzed homologative three-component synthesis of
allylic amines has been developed. This protocol proceeds via a unique mechanism …