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 …

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds used in photocatalysis

MA Bryden, E Zysman-Colman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic compounds that show Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) have
become wildly popular as next-generation emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) …

Strategies for Nucleophilic C(sp3)–(Radio)Fluorination

INM Leibler, SS Gandhi, MA Tekle-Smith… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This Perspective surveys the progress and current limitations of nucleophilic fluorination
methodologies. Despite the long and rich history of C (sp3)–F bond construction in chemical …

Single Electron Transfer-Induced Redox Processes Involving N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides

SK Parida, T Mandal, S Das, SK Hota, S De Sarkar… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of N-(acyloxy) phthalimides (NHPI esters)
and its derivatives at the forefront of synthetic methods facilitating the construction of diverse …

A biomimetic SH2 cross-coupling mechanism for quaternary sp3-carbon formation

W Liu, MN Lavagnino, CA Gould, J Alcázar… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Bimolecular homolytic substitution (SH2) is an open-shell mechanism that is implicated
across a host of biochemical alkylation pathways. Surprisingly, however, this radical …

Decarboxylative halogenation of organic compounds

A Varenikov, E Shapiro, M Gandelman - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Decarboxylative halogenation, or halodecarboxylation, represents one of the fundamental
key methods for the synthesis of ubiquitous organic halides. The method is based on …

A triple photoredox/cobalt/brønsted acid catalysis enabling markovnikov hydroalkoxylation of unactivated alkenes

M Nakagawa, Y Matsuki, K Nagao… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate Markovnikov hydroalkoxylation of unactivated alkenes using alcohols
through a triple catalysis consisting of photoredox, cobalt, and Brønsted acid catalysts under …

Co-catalyzed hydrofluorination of alkenes: photocatalytic method development and electroanalytical mechanistic investigation

J Liu, J Rong, DP Wood, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The hydrofluorination of alkenes represents an attractive strategy for the synthesis of
aliphatic fluorides. This approach provides a direct means to form C (sp3)–F bonds …

Visible Light Assisted Radical‐Polar/Polar‐Radical Crossover Reactions in Organic Synthesis

S Sharma, J Singh, A Sharma - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemists are generally familiar with polar reactions and radical reactions, in comparison,
are underdeveloped. In the last few years, however, the novel concept of amalgamation of …

Visible light-triggered selective C(sp2)-H/C(sp3)-H coupling of benzenes with aliphatic hydrocarbons

QY Li, S Cheng, Z Ye, T Huang, F Yang, YM Lin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The direct and selective coupling of benzenes with aliphatic hydrocarbons is a promising
strategy for C (sp2)-C (sp3) bond formation using readily available starting materials, yet it …