Technological innovations in photochemistry for organic synthesis: flow chemistry, high-throughput experimentation, scale-up, and photoelectrochemistry

L Buglioni, F Raymenants, A Slattery… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced chemical transformations have received in recent years a tremendous amount
of attention, providing a plethora of opportunities to synthetic organic chemists. However …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in visible light-activated radical coupling reactions triggered by (i) ruthenium,(ii) iridium and (iii) organic photoredox agents

JD Bell, JA Murphy - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoredox chemistry with organic or transition metal agents has been reviewed in earlier
years, but such is the pace of progress that we will overlap very little with earlier …

Photochemical and electrochemical applications of proton-coupled electron transfer in organic synthesis

PRD Murray, JH Cox, ND Chiappini, CB Roos… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present here a review of the photochemical and electrochemical applications of multi-
site proton-coupled electron transfer (MS-PCET) in organic synthesis. MS-PCETs are redox …

Visible light photocatalysis in the late-stage functionalization of pharmaceutically relevant compounds

R Cannalire, S Pelliccia, L Sancineto… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The late stage functionalization (LSF) of complex biorelevant compounds is a powerful tool
to speed up the identification of structure–activity relationships (SARs) and to optimize …

Generation of alkyl radicals: from the tyranny of tin to the photon democracy

S Crespi, M Fagnoni - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Alkyl radicals are key intermediates in organic synthesis. Their classic generation from alkyl
halides has a severe drawback due to the employment of toxic tin hydrides to the point that …

Beyond classical sulfone chemistry: metal-and photocatalytic approaches for C–S bond functionalization of sulfones

J Corpas, SH Kim-Lee, P Mauleón… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The exceptional versatility of sulfones has been extensively exploited in organic synthesis
across several decades. Since the first demonstration in 2005 that sulfones can participate …

Organic semiconductor photocatalyst can bifunctionalize arenes and heteroarenes

I Ghosh, J Khamrai, A Savateev, N Shlapakov… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Photoexcited electron-hole pairs on a semiconductor surface can engage in redox reactions
with two different substrates. Similar to conventional electrosynthesis, the primary redox …

Light-Driven N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis Using Alkylborates

Y Sato, Y Goto, K Nakamura, Y Miyamoto… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Radical–radical coupling, the selective reaction between two different radical species, has
contributed to the methodology for connecting bulky units. Light-driven N-heterocyclic …

Conjugate Addition–Enantioselective Protonation of N-Aryl Glycines to α-Branched 2-Vinylazaarenes via Cooperative Photoredox and Asymmetric Catalysis

Y Yin, Y Dai, H Jia, J Li, L Bu, B Qiao… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
An enantioselective protonation strategy has been successfully applied to the synthesis of
chiral α-tertiary azaarenes. With a dual catalytic system involving a chiral phosphoric acid …