Challenges and Future Perspectives in Photocatalysis: Conclusions from an Interdisciplinary Workshop

SB Beil, S Bonnet, C Casadevall, RJ Detz… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis is a versatile and rapidly develo** field with applications spanning artificial
photosynthesis, photo-biocatalysis, photoredox catalysis in solution or supramolecular …

Direct C (sp3)-H functionalization with aryl and alkyl radicals as intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) agents

JL Tu, B Huang - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of direct intermolecular C (sp3)–H bond
functionalization using in situ generated aryl/alkyl radicals as a unique class of hydrogen …

Photoredox-enabled dearomative [2π+ 2σ] cycloaddition of phenols

S Dutta, D Lee, K Ozols, CG Daniliuc… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dearomative photocycloaddition of monocyclic arenes is an appealing strategy for
comprehending the concept of “escape from flatland”. This brings the replacement of readily …

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 …

Double strain-release [2π+ 2σ]-photocycloaddition

S Dutta, YL Lu, JE Erchinger, H Shao… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In pursuit of potent pharmaceutical candidates and to further improve their chemical traits,
small ring systems can serve as a potential starting point. Small ring units have the …

Photocatalytic Oxidative Activation of Bicyclo [1.1. 0] butanes for Formal [2σ+ 2π] Cycloadditions

M Golfmann, M Reinhold, JD Steen, MS Deike… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report the discovery of an example of oxidative bicyclo [1.1. 0] butane activation. This
reactivity stands in contrast to well-established strain-release nucleophile addition and …

Photoredox-catalysed amidyl radical insertion to bicyclo [1.1. 0] butanes

CC Chintawar, R Laskar, D Rana, F Schäfer… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Replacing planar aromatic rings in drug molecules with C (sp 3)-rich isosteric mimetics, such
as bicyclo [n. 1.1] alkanes, can significantly alter their physicochemical and pharmacokinetic …

Transition-metal-, oxidant-and additive-free multi-component synthesis of alkyl heteroaryl BCPs enabled by visible-light-induced phosphine-catalyzed halogen-atom …

J Xu, Y Hong, R Xu, Y Wang, Y Guo, J Shen… - Organic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkyl heteroaryl bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes (BCPs) are an important class of bioisosteres,
playing a crucial role in the realm of drug discovery. The quest for their synthesis, however …

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 …

Catalytic asymmetric dearomative [2+ 2] photocycloaddition/ring-expansion sequence of indoles with diversified alkenes

L Hou, L Yang, G Yang, Z Luo, W ** novel strategies for catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions is
highly valuable. Visible light-mediated photocatalysis is demonstrated to be a powerful tool …