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 …

Electron‐Rich Oxycarbenes: New Synthetic and Catalytic Applications beyond Group 6 Fischer Carbene Complexes

G Zhou, Z Guo, X Shen - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxycarbenes have emerged as useful intermediates in synthetic chemistry. Compared to the
widely studied oxycarbene metal complexes bearing Group 6 metals, the synthetic and …

Synthesis of Cyclopropenols Enabled by Visible‐Light‐Induced Organocatalyzed [2+ 1] Cyclization

G Zhou, X Shen - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although the synthesis of common cyclopropenes has been well studied, the access to
cyclopropenols is rather limited. Herein, we report the first synthesis of α‐trifluoromethylated …

Intramolecular photochemical [2+ 1]-cycloadditions of nucleophilic siloxy carbenes

A Bunyamin, C Hua, A Polyzos, DL Priebbenow - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Visible light induced singlet nucleophilic carbenes undergo rapid [2+ 1]-cycloaddition with
tethered olefins to afford unique bicyclo [3.1. 0] hexane and bicyclo [4.1. 0] heptane …

Recent progress and perspectives in photo-induced organic reactions of acylsilanes

WP Hong, HN Lim, I Shin - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Acylsilanes have been utilized in various transformations for the synthesis of functionalized
organosilicon derivatives due to their importance in medicinal and materials science. This …

The Indenyl Effect: Accelerated C−H Amidation of Arenes via Ind*RhIII Nitrene Transfer Catalysis**

L Atkin, DL Priebbenow - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Investigations into C− H amidation reactions catalysed by cationic half‐sandwich d6 metal
complexes revealed that the indenyl‐derived catalyst [Ind* RhCl2] 2 significantly accelerated …

Visible-Light-Induced In Situ Generation of Fischer-Type Copper Carbene Complexes from Acylsilanes and Its Application to Catalytic [4 + 1] Cycloaddition with …

T Takeuchi, T Aoyama, K Orihara, K Ishida… - Organic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A novel methodology for in situ generation of Fischer-type metal–carbene complexes was
developed. Photoirradiation to a mixture of an acylsilane and a cationic copper complex …

Visible photons as ideal reagents for the activation of coloured organic compounds

L Di Terlizzi, L Nicchio, S Protti… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, the traceless nature of visible photons has been exploited for the
development of efficient synthetic strategies for the photoconversion of colourless …

Divergent Synthesis of Fluoroalkyl Ketones through Controlling the Reactivity of Organoboronate Complexes

G Zhou, Z Guo, S Liu, X Shen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a divergent synthesis of fluoroalkyl ketones through visible-light-induced
reactions between readily available organoboronic esters and fluoroalkyl acylsilanes …

Visible-Light-Induced [4+ 1] Cyclization-Aromatization of Acylsilanes and α, β-Unsaturated Ketones

Z Zhu, W Zhang, Y Zhang, S Liu, X Shen - CCS Chemistry, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Herein we report the first [4+ 1] cyclization-aromatization reaction of acylsilanes and α, β-
unsaturated ketones. The unprecedented visible-light-induced reaction proceeded through …