Visible light-induced transition metal catalysis

KPS Cheung, S Sarkar, V Gevorgyan - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, visible light-induced transition metal catalysis has emerged as a new
paradigm in organic photocatalysis, which has led to the discovery of unprecedented …

Toolbox for distal C–H bond functionalizations in organic molecules

SK Sinha, S Guin, S Maiti, JP Biswas, S Porey… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation has developed a contemporary approach to the
omnipresent area of retrosynthetic disconnection. Scientific researchers have been tempted …

Transition metal-catalyzed organic reactions under visible light: recent developments and future perspectives

WM Cheng, R Shang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of transition metal (TM) catalysis for organic synthesis under visible light
without recourse to typical photoredox catalysts has become a rapidly growing area of …

Radical Polarity

JJA Garwood, AD Chen, DA Nagib - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The polarity of a radical intermediate profoundly impacts its reactivity and selectivity. To
quantify this influence and predict its effects, the electrophilicity/nucleophilicity of> 500 …

Remote C–H functionalization via selective hydrogen atom transfer

LM Stateman, KM Nakafuku, DA Nagib - Synthesis, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
The selective functionalization of remote C–H bonds via intramolecular hydrogen atom
transfer (HAT) is transformative for organic synthesis. This radical-mediated strategy …

C–H functionalization reactions enabled by hydrogen atom transfer to carbon-centered radicals

S Sarkar, KPS Cheung, V Gevorgyan - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Selective functionalization of ubiquitous unactivated C–H bonds is a continuous quest for
synthetic organic chemists. In addition to transition metal catalysis, which typically operates …

Ketones from aldehydes via alkyl C(sp3)−H functionalization under photoredox cooperative NHC/palladium catalysis

HY Wang, XH Wang, BA Zhou, CL Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Direct synthesis of ketones from aldehydes features high atom-and step-economy. Yet, the
coupling of aldehydes with unactivated alkyl C (sp3)-H remains challenging. Herein, we …

Site-selective acceptorless dehydrogenation of aliphatics enabled by organophotoredox/cobalt dual catalysis

MJ Zhou, L Zhang, G Liu, C Xu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The value of catalytic dehydrogenation of aliphatics (CDA) in organic synthesis has
remained largely underexplored. Known homogeneous CDA systems often require the use …

Merging of Light/Dark Palladium Catalytic Cycles Enables Multicomponent Tandem Alkyl Heck/Tsuji–Trost Homologative Amination Reaction toward Allylic Amines

N Kvasovs, J Fang, F Kliuev… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A visible light-induced palladium-catalyzed homologative three-component synthesis of
allylic amines has been developed. This protocol proceeds via a unique mechanism …

Irradiation-induced Heck reaction of unactivated alkyl halides at room temperature

GZ Wang, R Shang, WM Cheng… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The palladium-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck reaction is arguably one of the most significant
carbon–carbon bond-construction reactions to be discovered in the last 50 years, with a …