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 …

Strategies to generate nitrogen-centered radicals that may rely on photoredox catalysis: development in reaction methodology and applications in organic synthesis

K Kwon, RT Simons, M Nandakumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For more than 70 years, nitrogen-centered radicals have been recognized as potent
synthetic intermediates. This review is a survey designed for use by chemists engaged in …

Photocatalytic phosphine-mediated water activation for radical hydrogenation

J Zhang, C Mück-Lichtenfeld, A Studer - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The chemical activation of water would allow this earth-abundant resource to be transferred
into value-added compounds, and is a topic of keen interest in energy research,. Here, we …

Photochemical and electrochemical applications of proton-coupled electron transfer in organic synthesis

PRD Murray, JH Cox, ND Chiappini, CB Roos… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present here a review of the photochemical and electrochemical applications of multi-
site proton-coupled electron transfer (MS-PCET) in organic synthesis. MS-PCETs are redox …

Sulfonium Salts as Acceptors in Electron Donor‐Acceptor Complexes

L van Dalsen, RE Brown… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photoactivation of electron donor‐acceptor complexes has emerged as a sustainable,
selective and versatile strategy for the generation of radical species. Electron donor …

Phosphorus-based catalysis

C Xie, AJ Smaligo, XR Song, O Kwon - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus-based organocatalysis encompasses several subfields that have undergone
rapid growth in recent years. This Outlook gives an overview of its various aspects. In …

Main group redox catalysis of organopnictogens: vertical periodic trends and emerging opportunities in group 15

JM Lipshultz, G Li, AT Radosevich - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A growing number of organopnictogen redox catalytic methods have emerged—especially
within the past 10 years—that leverage the plentiful reversible two-electron redox chemistry …

Electrochemically enabled, nickel-catalyzed dehydroxylative cross-coupling of alcohols with aryl halides

Z Li, W Sun, X Wang, L Li, Y Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As alcohols are ubiquitous throughout chemical science, this functional group represents a
highly attractive starting material for forging new C–C bonds. Here, we demonstrate that the …

Recent advances in visible-light-mediated organic transformations in water

K Sun, QY Lv, XL Chen, LB Qu, B Yu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Water, as a green reaction medium, is safe, non-toxic, and rich in reserves on Earth, while
visible light represents a renewable, clean, and abundant energy source. Organic …

Shining fresh light on complex photoredox mechanisms through isolation of intermediate radical anions

SJ Horsewill, G Hierlmeier, Z Farasat, JP Barham… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoredox catalysis (PRC) has gained enormous and wide-ranging interest in recent years
but has also been subject to significant mechanistic uncertainty, even controversy. To …