Energy transfer photocatalysis: exciting modes of reactivity

S Dutta, JE Erchinger, F Strieth-Kalthoff… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Excited (triplet) states offer a myriad of attractive synthetic pathways, including
cycloadditions, selective homolytic bond cleavages and strain-release chemistry …

The impact of UV light on synthetic photochemistry and photocatalysis

G Goti, K Manal, J Sivaguru, L Dell'Amico - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
During the past 15 years, an increasing number of research groups have embraced visible-
light-mediated synthetic transformations as a powerful strategy for the construction and …

Metal-free amino (hetero) arylation and aminosulfonylation of alkenes enabled by photoinduced energy transfer

XK Qi, MJ Zheng, C Yang, Y Zhao… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
β-(Hetero) arylethylamines are privileged structural motifs found in many high-value organic
molecules, including pharmaceuticals and natural products. To construct these important …

EnT-mediated N–S bond homolysis of a bifunctional reagent leading to aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides

JE Erchinger, R Hoogesteger, R Laskar… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) gives rise to a plethora of high-valent sulfur linkages;
however, the availability of (aliphatic) sulfonyl fluoride manifolds lag behind, owing to the …

Modular assembly of arenes, ethylene and heteroarenes for the synthesis of 1, 2-arylheteroaryl ethanes

T Liu, T Li, ZY Tea, C Wang, T Shen, Z Lei, X Chen… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 1, 2-arylheteroaryl ethane motif stands as a privileged scaffold with promising
implications in drug discovery. Conventional de novo syntheses of these molecules have …

Metal-Free Photoinduced Acylboration of [1.1. 1] Propellane via Energy Transfer Catalysis

S Kim, H Oh, W Dong, J Majhi, M Sharique… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Highly strained 1, 3-disubstituted bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes (BCPs) have been established as
bioisosteres of para-disubstituted benzene because they impart valuable pharmacokinetic …

Highly Selective Radical Relay 1, 4-Oxyimination of Two Electronically Differentiated Olefins

G Tan, F Paulus, Á Rentería-Gómez… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Radical addition reactions of olefins have emerged as an attractive tool for the rapid
assembly of complex structures, and have plentiful applications in organic synthesis …

Photoredox/HAT-Catalyzed Dearomative Nucleophilic Addition of the CO2 Radical Anion to (Hetero)Aromatics

SR Mangaonkar, H Hayashi, H Takano, W Kanna… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The radical anion of CO2 (CO2•–) is a strongly nucleophilic radical species with rapidly
emerging applications in contemporary organic chemistry. This radical species exhibits high …

Energy-transfer photocatalysis for Minisci C–H (amino) alkylation of heteroarenes using oxime esters as dual-role reagents

J Xu, Y Zhang, R Xu, Y Wang, J Shen… - Organic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Utilization of oxime esters as bifunctional reagents in energy-transfer photocatalysis has
received considerable attention. However, the reaction type is so far limited to the …

Atomic Carbon Equivalent: Design and Application to Diversity-Generating Skeletal Editing from Indoles to 3-Functionalized Quinolines

FP Wu, JL Tyler, CG Daniliuc, F Glorius - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Atomic carbon and its corresponding masked analogues are exceedingly underexplored
intermediates in synthesis. Despite this, these reagents possess inimitable reactivity such as …