HFIP in organic synthesis

HF Motiwala, AM Armaly, JG Cacioppo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3-Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is a polar, strongly hydrogen bond-donating
solvent that has found numerous uses in organic synthesis due to its ability to stabilize ionic …

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 …

Iron photoredox catalysis–past, present, and future

LHM de Groot, A Ilic, J Schwarz… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoredox catalysis of organic reactions driven by iron has attracted substantial attention
throughout recent years, due to potential environmental and economic benefits. In this …

Alkoxy radicals see the light: new paradigms of photochemical synthesis

L Chang, Q An, L Duan, K Feng, Z Zuo - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alkoxy radicals are highly reactive species that have long been recognized as versatile
intermediates in organic synthesis. However, their development has long been impeded due …

Ligand‐to‐metal charge transfer (LMCT) photochemistry at 3d‐metal complexes: an emerging tool for sustainable organic synthesis

F Juliá - ChemCatChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the rich photochemistry of 3d‐metal complexes, the utilization of excited‐state
reactivity of these compounds in organic synthesis has been historically overlooked. The …

Visible‐light‐induced homolysis of earth‐abundant metal‐substrate complexes: A complementary activation strategy in photoredox catalysis

Y Abderrazak, A Bhattacharyya… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mainstream applications of visible‐light photoredox catalysis predominately involve
outer‐sphere single‐electron transfer (SET) or energy transfer (EnT) processes of precious …

Strategies and Mechanisms of First-Row Transition Metal-Regulated Radical C–H Functionalization

X Wang, J He, YN Wang, Z Zhao, K Jiang… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Radical C–H functionalization represents a useful means of streamlining synthetic routes by
avoiding substrate preactivation and allowing access to target molecules in fewer steps. The …

A unified approach to decarboxylative halogenation of (hetero) aryl carboxylic acids

TQ Chen, PS Pedersen, NW Dow… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aryl halides are a fundamental motif in synthetic chemistry, playing a critical role in metal-
mediated cross-coupling reactions and serving as important scaffolds in drug discovery …

Convenient C (sp 3)–H bond functionalisation of light alkanes and other compounds by iron photocatalysis

Y Jin, Q Zhang, L Wang, X Wang, C Meng, C Duan - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Light alkanes are natural organic carbon sources and widely distributed in nature.
Transforming them into value-added fine chemicals affords attractively economic and …

Accessing photoredox transformations with an iron (III) photosensitizer and green light

A Aydogan, RE Bangle, A Cadranel… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient excited-state electron transfer between an iron (III) photosensitizer and organic
electron donors was realized with green light irradiation. This advance was enabled by the …