Photoactive copper complexes: properties and applications

J Beaudelot, S Oger, S Perusko, TA Phan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalyzed and photosensitized chemical processes have seen growing interest
recently and have become among the most active areas of chemical research, notably due …

Copper-photocatalyzed ATRA reactions: concepts, applications, and opportunities

S Engl, O Reiser - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) reactions are linchpin transformations in synthetic
chemistry enabling the atom-economic difunctionalization of alkenes. Thereby a rich …

Upcycling to sustainably reuse plastics

X Zhao, B Boruah, KF Chin, M Đokić… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastics are now indispensable in daily lives. However, the pollution from plastics is also
increasingly becoming a serious environmental issue. Recent years have seen more …

Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen radical (H⋅) with GSH for photodynamic therapy

J Peng, K Du, J Sun, X Yang, X Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a reactive hydrogen species, the hydrogen radical (H⋅) scarcely sees applications in
tumor biological therapy due to the very limited bio‐friendly sources of H⋅. In this work, we …

Long Excited-State Lifetimes in Three-Coordinate Copper (I) Complexes via Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer to Pyrene-Decorated Isocyanides

D Kim, MC Rosko, FN Castellano… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
There has been much effort to improve excited-state lifetimes in photosensitizers based on
earth-abundant first-row transition metals. Copper (I) complexes have gained significant …

Redox‐active BIAN‐based Diimine Ligands in Metal‐Catalyzed Small Molecule Syntheses

J Bernauer, J Pölker, A Jacobi von Wangelin - ChemCatChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐Diimine ligands have significantly shaped the coordination chemistry of most
transition metal complexes. Among them, bis (imino) acenaphthene ligands (BIANs) have …

Status report on copper (I) complexes in photoredox catalysis; photophysical and electrochemical properties and future prospects

C Sandoval-Pauker, G Molina-Aguirre, B Pinter - Polyhedron, 2021 - Elsevier
Visible-light photoredox catalysis has become a practical tool in the last years for driving
energy-demanding chemical reactions. Owing to their exceptional photoelectrochemical …

Understanding the visible-light-initiated manganese-catalyzed synthesis of quinolines and naphthyridines under ambient and aerobic conditions

K Patra, A Bhattacherya, C Li, JK Bera, HS Soo - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyaromatic N-heterocycles are some of the most common building blocks in natural
products and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Significant efforts have been devoted to …

Completely solvent-free protocols to access phase-pure, metastable metal halide perovskites and functional photodetectors from the precursor salts

Z Hong, D Tan, RA John, YKE Tay, YKT Ho, X Zhao… - Iscience, 2019 - cell.com
Mechanochemistry is a green, solid-state, re-emerging synthetic technique that can rapidly
form complex molecules and materials without exogenous heat or solvent (s). Herein, we …

Ionic carbon nitrides in solar hydrogen production and organic synthesis: exciting chemistry and economic advantages

A Savateev, M Antonietti - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular photoredox complexes from the platinum group paved the way of organic
photocatalysis. However, high price and difficulties related to removal and recycling hamper …