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 …

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 …

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 …

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds used in photocatalysis

MA Bryden, E Zysman-Colman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic compounds that show Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) have
become wildly popular as next-generation emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) …

Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr0, MnI, FeII, and CoIII

N Sinha, OS Wenger - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many coordination complexes and organometallic compounds with the 4d6 and 5d6
valence electron configurations have outstanding photophysical and photochemical …

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 …

Strategies and Mechanisms of First-Row Transition Metal-Regulated Radical C–H Functionalization

X Wang, J He, YN Wang, Z Zhao, K Jiang… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Radical C–H functionalization represents a useful means of streamlining synthetic routes by
avoiding substrate preactivation and allowing access to target molecules in fewer steps. The …

Photophysics and photochemistry with Earth-abundant metals–fundamentals and concepts

C Förster, K Heinze - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent exciting developments in the area of mononuclear photoactive complexes with Earth-
abundant metal ions (Cu, Zr, Fe, Cr) for potential eco-friendly applications in …

Potent reductants via electron-primed photoredox catalysis: unlocking aryl chlorides for radical coupling

NGW Cowper, CP Chernowsky… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We describe a new catalytic strategy to transcend the energetic limitations of visible light by
electrochemically priming a photocatalyst prior to excitation. This new catalytic system is …

The advent and development of organophotoredox catalysis

T Bortolato, S Cuadros, G Simionato… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last decade, photoredox catalysis has unlocked unprecedented reactivities in
synthetic organic chemistry. Seminal advancements in the field have involved the use of well …