Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Photocatalysis in the life science industry

L Candish, KD Collins, GC Cook, JJ Douglas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the pursuit of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemists in the life science
industry require access to mild and robust synthetic methodologies to systematically modify …

Dual metalation in a two-dimensional covalent organic framework for photocatalytic C–N cross-coupling reactions

A Jati, K Dey, M Nurhuda, MA Addicoat… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising hosts in heterogeneous catalysis.
Herein, we report a dual metalation strategy in a single two-dimensional-COF TpBpy for …

A Paradigm Shift in Catalysis: Electro-and Photomediated Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

MD Palkowitz, MA Emmanuel… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are fundamental reactions
in organic chemistry, facilitating strategic bond formations for accessing natural products …

The Buchwald–Hartwig amination after 25 years

R Dorel, CP Grugel, AM Haydl - … Chemie International Edition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Pd‐catalyzed coupling of aryl (pseudo) halides and amines is one of the most powerful
approaches for the formation of C (sp2)− N bonds. The pioneering reports from Migita and …

Visible‐light photocatalysis: does it make a difference in organic synthesis?

L Marzo, SK Pagire, O Reiser… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Visible‐light photocatalysis has evolved over the last decade into a widely used method in
organic synthesis. Photocatalytic variants have been reported for many important …

The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis

J Twilton, C Le, P Zhang, MH Shaw, RW Evans… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The merger of transition metal catalysis and photocatalysis, termed metallaphotocatalysis,
has recently emerged as a versatile platform for the development of new, highly enabling …

Imidazophenothiazine-Based Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials with Ultra-Long-Lived Excited States for Energy Transfer Photocatalysis

R Hojo, K Bergmann, SA Elgadi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triplet-triplet energy transfer (EnT) is a powerful activation pathway in photocatalysis that
unlocks new organic transformations and improves the sustainability of organic synthesis …

Overcoming photochemical limitations in metallaphotoredox catalysis: red-light-driven C–N cross-coupling

SL Goldschmid, NE Soon Tay, CL Joe… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aryl amination is an essential transformation for medicinal, process, and materials chemistry.
In addition to classic Buchwald–Hartwig amination conditions, blue-light-driven …

Nickel‐catalyzed C‐heteroatom cross‐coupling reactions under mild conditions via facilitated reductive elimination

C Zhu, H Yue, J Jia, M Rueping - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of C‐heteroatom bonds represents an important type of bond‐forming
reaction in organic synthesis and often provides a fast and efficient access to privileged …