Visible light-driven radical-mediated C–C bond cleavage/functionalization in organic synthesis

XY Yu, JR Chen, WJ Xiao - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermal C–C bond cleavage reactions allow the construction of structurally diverse
molecular skeletons via predictable and efficient bond reorganizations. Visible light …

Radical-mediated rearrangements: past, present, and future

X Wu, Z Ma, T Feng, C Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Rearrangement reactions, one of the most significant transformations in organic chemistry,
play an irreplaceable role in improving synthetic efficiency and molecular complexity …

Synthetic methods driven by the photoactivity of electron donor–acceptor complexes

GEM Crisenza, D Mazzarella… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The association of an electron-rich substrate with an electron-accepting molecule can
generate a new molecular aggregate in the ground state, called an electron donor–acceptor …

Aryl transfer strategies mediated by photoinduced electron transfer

AR Allen, EA Noten, CRJ Stephenson - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Radical aryl migrations are powerful techniques to forge new bonds in aromatic compounds.
The growing popularity of photoredox catalysis has led to an influx of novel strategies to …

Radical-mediated remote functional group migration

X Wu, C Zhu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Alkenes are ubiquitous in natural products and are extensively used as
synthetic feedstocks in multiple fields including organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and …

Catalysis of organic reactions through halogen bonding

RL Sutar, SM Huber - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Halogen bonding, the noncovalent interaction based on electrophilic halogen substituents,
features very interesting properties, as illustrated by numerous applications continuously …

Boryl radical-mediated halogen-atom transfer enables arylation of alkyl halides with electrophilic and nucleophilic coupling partners

Z Zhang, MJ Tilby, D Leonori - Nature Synthesis, 2024 - nature.com
Traditional metal-catalysed cross-couplings of alkyl halides for C (sp 3)–C (sp 2) bond
formation are often challenging to achieve. Processes where the alkyl halide is initially …

Arylcarboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis

W Zhang, Z Chen, YX Jiang, LL Liao, W Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photocatalytic carboxylation of alkenes with CO2 is a promising and sustainable strategy to
synthesize high value-added carboxylic acids. However, it is challenging and rarely …

Cleavage of carbon–carbon bonds by radical reactions

P Sivaguru, Z Wang, G Zanoni, X Bi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, radical C–C bond cleavage reactions have been increasingly understood
and used to perform transformations that complement traditional ionic processes. However …

sp3 C–H Arylation and Alkylation Enabled by the Synergy of Triplet Excited Ketones and Nickel Catalysts

Y Shen, Y Gu, R Martin - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Triplet ketone sensitizers are of central importance within the realm of photochemical
transformations. Although the radical-type character of triplet excited states of diaryl ketones …