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 …

Luminescent first-row transition metal complexes

C Wegeberg, OS Wenger - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Precious and rare elements have traditionally dominated inorganic photophysics and
photochemistry, but now we are witnessing a paradigm shift toward cheaper and more …

Photoredox-active Cr (0) luminophores featuring photophysical properties competitive with Ru (II) and Os (II) complexes

N Sinha, C Wegeberg, D Häussinger, A Prescimone… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Coordination complexes of precious metals with the d6 valence electron configuration such
as Ru (II), Os (II) and Ir (III) are used for lighting applications, solar energy conversion and …

Non-innocent radical ion intermediates in photoredox catalysis: parallel reduction modes enable coupling of diverse aryl chlorides

AF Chmiel, OP Williams, CP Chernowsky… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We describe a photocatalytic system that elicits potent photoreductant activity from
conventional photocatalysts by leveraging radical anion intermediates generated in situ. The …

Unveiling extreme photoreduction potentials of donor–acceptor cyanoarenes to access aryl radicals from aryl chlorides

J Xu, J Cao, X Wu, H Wang, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the seminal work of Zhang in 2016, donor–acceptor cyanoarene-based fluorophores,
such as 1, 2, 3, 5-tetrakis (carbazol-9-yl)-4, 6-dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), have been widely …

Metal-free reduction of CO2 to formate using a photochemical organohydride-catalyst recycling strategy

W **e, J Xu, U Md Idros, J Katsuhira, M Fuki… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is a problem that must be urgently resolved if the
rise in current global temperatures is to be slowed. Chemically reducing CO2 into …

Electrochemical activation of diverse conventional photoredox catalysts induces potent photoreductant activity

CP Chernowsky, AF Chmiel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we disclose that electrochemical stimulation induces new photocatalytic activity from
a range of structurally diverse conventional photocatalysts. These studies uncover a new …

Cobalt (III) carbene complex with an electronic excited-state structure similar to cyclometalated iridium (III) compounds

N Sinha, B Pfund, C Wegeberg… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many organometallic iridium (III) complexes have photoactive excited states with mixed
metal-to-ligand and intraligand charge transfer (MLCT/ILCT) character, which form the basis …

Improved transition metal photosensitizers to drive advances in photocatalysis

D Kim, VQ Dang, TS Teets - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
To function effectively in a photocatalytic application, a photosensitizer's light absorption,
excited-state lifetime, and redox potentials, both in the ground state and excited state, are …

Water-soluble tris (cyclometalated) iridium (III) complexes for aqueous electron and energy transfer photochemistry

MR Schreier, X Guo, B Pfund, Y Okamoto… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes are frequently employed in organic light
emitting diodes, and they are popular photocatalysts for solar energy conversion and …