Energy transfer photocatalysis: exciting modes of reactivity
Excited (triplet) states offer a myriad of attractive synthetic pathways, including
cycloadditions, selective homolytic bond cleavages and strain-release chemistry …
cycloadditions, selective homolytic bond cleavages and strain-release chemistry …
Ratcheting synthesis
Synthetic chemistry has traditionally relied on reactions between reactants of high chemical
potential and transformations that proceed energetically downhill to either a global or local …
potential and transformations that proceed energetically downhill to either a global or local …
Direct Observation of Triplet States in the Isomerization of Alkenylboronates by Energy Transfer Catalysis
Alkenylboronates are versatile building blocks for stereocontrolled synthesis owing to the
traceless nature of the boron group that can be leveraged to achieve highly selective …
traceless nature of the boron group that can be leveraged to achieve highly selective …
Elaborating E/Z‐Geometry of Alkenes via Cage‐Confined Arylation Catalysis of Terminal Olefins
Y Wang, J Chen, J Yang, Z Jiao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A visible light photosensitizing metal‐organic cage is applied as an artificial supramolecular
reactor to control the reaction of aryl radicals with terminal olefins under green light/solvent …
reactor to control the reaction of aryl radicals with terminal olefins under green light/solvent …
Regioselective Access to Vicinal Diamines by Metal‐free Photosensitized Amidylimination of Alkenes with Oxime Esters
Y Zheng, ZJ Wang, ZP Ye, K Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A metal‐free photosensitized protocol for regioselective diamination of alkene feedstocks
over a single step was developed based on the rationally designed bifunctional diamination …
over a single step was developed based on the rationally designed bifunctional diamination …
Multifaceted view on the mechanism of a photochemical deracemization reaction
RJ Kutta, J Großkopf, N van Staalduinen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Upon irradiation in the presence of a chiral benzophenone catalyst (5 mol%), a racemic
mixture of a given chiral imidazolidine-2, 4-dione (hydantoin) can be converted almost …
mixture of a given chiral imidazolidine-2, 4-dione (hydantoin) can be converted almost …
Skeletal Ring Contractions via I(I)/I(III) Catalysis: Stereoselective Synthesis of cis-α,α-Difluorocyclopropanes
K Livingstone, K Siebold, S Meyer, V Martín-Heras… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The clinical success of α, α-difluorocyclopropanes, combined with limitations in the existing
synthesis portfolio, inspired the development of an operationally simple, organocatalysis …
synthesis portfolio, inspired the development of an operationally simple, organocatalysis …
E/Z Photoisomerization of Olefins as an Emergent Strategy for the Control of Stereodivergence in Catalysis
J Corpas, P Mauleón, R Gomez Arrayas… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The stereoselective photoisomerization of olefins via Energy Transfer (EnT) sensitization
bears significant potential in the context of rational design of catalytic stereodivergent …
bears significant potential in the context of rational design of catalytic stereodivergent …
Photoexcited Chiral Copper Complex-Mediated Alkene E → Z Isomerization Enables Kinetic Resolution
H Zhang, C Huang, XA Yuan, S Yu - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While asymmetric synthesis has been established as a powerful synthetic tool for the
construction of versatile enantioenriched molecules in the most efficient and practical …
construction of versatile enantioenriched molecules in the most efficient and practical …
Photoinduced dynamic radical processes for isomerizations, deracemizations, and dynamic kinetic resolutions
JS DeHovitz, TK Hyster - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Isomerizations are chemical processes where a compound is transformed into another
structure while retaining the same chemical formula. When dynamic, these reactions are …
structure while retaining the same chemical formula. When dynamic, these reactions are …