Metallaphotoredox: the merger of photoredox and transition metal catalysis

AY Chan, IB Perry, NB Bissonnette, BF Buksh… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The merger of photoredox catalysis with transition metal catalysis, termed
metallaphotoredox catalysis, has become a mainstay in synthetic methodology over the past …

Visible light-induced transition metal catalysis

KPS Cheung, S Sarkar, V Gevorgyan - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, visible light-induced transition metal catalysis has emerged as a new
paradigm in organic photocatalysis, which has led to the discovery of unprecedented …

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 …

Visible light-driven radical-mediated C–C bond cleavage/functionalization in organic synthesis

XY Yu, JR Chen, WJ **ao - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermal C–C bond cleavage reactions allow the construction of structurally diverse
molecular skeletons via predictable and efficient bond reorganizations. Visible light …

Recent development of aryl diazonium chemistry for the derivatization of aromatic compounds

F Mo, D Qiu, L Zhang, J Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aryl diazonium salts are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. In light of the ever-
increasing importance of aryl diazonium salts spanning most disciplines of the chemical …

The persistent radical effect in organic synthesis

D Leifert, A Studer - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radical–radical couplings are mostly nearly diffusion‐controlled processes. Therefore, the
selective cross‐coupling of two different radicals is challenging and not a synthetically …

Light in gold catalysis

S Witzel, ASK Hashmi, J **e - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Within the wide family of gold-catalyzed reactions, gold photocatalysis intrinsically features
unique elementary steps. When gold catalysis meets photocatalysis, a valence change of …

The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis

J Twilton, C Le, P Zhang, MH Shaw, RW Evans… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The merger of transition metal catalysis and photocatalysis, termed metallaphotocatalysis,
has recently emerged as a versatile platform for the development of new, highly enabling …

Cross-coupling and related reactions: connecting past success to the development of new reactions for the future

LC Campeau, N Hazari - Organometallics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cross-coupling reactions, which were discovered almost 50 years ago, are widely used in
both industry and academia. Even though cross-coupling reactions now represent mature …

Photoredox catalysis in organic chemistry

MH Shaw, J Twilton… - The Journal of organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In recent years, photoredox catalysis has come to the forefront in organic chemistry as a
powerful strategy for the activation of small molecules. In a general sense, these approaches …