Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Green chemistry meets medicinal chemistry: a perspective on modern metal-free late-stage functionalization reactions

JD Lasso, DJ Castillo-Pazos, CJ Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The progress of drug discovery and development is paced by milestones reached in organic
synthesis. In the last decade, the advent of late-stage functionalization (LSF) reactions has …

Photoredox Catalysis-Enabled Sulfination of Alcohols and Bromides

WP Carson II, PJ Sarver, NS Goudy… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfinates are important lynchpin intermediates in pharmaceutical production; however, their
synthesis via photoredox catalysis is challenging because of their facile oxidation. We …

Decarboxylative borylation

C Li, J Wang, LM Barton, S Yu, M Tian, DS Peters… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The boronic acid is a functional group of enormous utility in materials
science, chemosensor development, and drug discovery. In medicinal chemistry, boronic …

Applications of bioisosteres in the design of biologically active compounds

NA Meanwell - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The design of bioisosteres represents a creative and productive approach to improve a
molecule, including by enhancing potency, addressing pharmacokinetic challenges …

A preparative small-molecule mimic of liver CYP450 enzymes in the aliphatic C–H oxidation of carbocyclic N-heterocycles

RK Chambers, JD Weaver, J Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
An emerging trend in small-molecule pharmaceuticals, generally composed of nitrogen
heterocycles (N-heterocycles), is the incorporation of aliphatic fragments. Derivatization of …

An ethacrynic acid‐brominated BODIPY photosensitizer (EA‐BPS) construct enhances the lethality of reactive oxygen species in hypoxic tumor‐targeted …

M Won, S Koo, H Li, JL Sessler, JY Lee… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being a clinically approved intervention for cancer, photodynamic therapy (PDT) still
suffers from limitations. Prime among these is a therapeutic response that is mostly oxygen …

Anticancer potential of sulfonamide moieties via in-vitro and in-silico approaches: comparative investigations for future drug development

TA Wani, S Zargar, HM Alkahtani, N Altwaijry… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several kinds of anticancer drugs are presently commercially accessible, but low efficacy,
solubility, and toxicity have reduced the overall therapeutic indices. Thus, the search for …

Mechanism of visible light-mediated alkene aminoarylation with arylsulfonylacetamides

AR Allen, JF Poon, RC McAtee, NB Watson… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alkene aminoarylation with arylsulfonylacetamides via a visible light-mediated radical
Smiles–Truce rearrangement represents a convenient approach to the privileged …

Room temperature decarboxylative cyanation of carboxylic acids using photoredox catalysis and cyanobenziodoxolones: a divergent mechanism compared to …

F Le Vaillant, MD Wodrich, J Waser - Chemical science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The one-step conversion of aliphatic carboxylic acids to the corresponding nitriles has been
accomplished via the merger of visible light mediated photoredox and …