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 …

Mechanistic studies in photocatalysis

L Buzzetti, GEM Crisenza… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fast‐moving fields of photoredox and photocatalysis have recently provided fresh
opportunities to expand the potential of synthetic organic chemistry. Advances in light …

Photoinduced Halogen-Atom Transfer by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Ligated Boryl Radicals for C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bond Formation

T Wan, L Capaldo, D Ravelli, W Vitullo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we present a comprehensive study on the use of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-
ligated boryl radicals to enable C (sp3)–C (sp3) bond formation under visible-light irradiation …

Direct excitation strategy for radical generation in organic synthesis

Y Sumida, H Ohmiya - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Visible-light-mediated chemical processes have been vigorously studied and have led to
state-of-the-art synthetic chemistry since they enable the control of radical generation and …

Applications of continuous-flow photochemistry in organic synthesis, material science, and water treatment

D Cambie, C Bottecchia, NJW Straathof… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Continuous-flow photochemistry in microreactors receives a lot of attention from researchers
in academia and industry as this technology provides reduced reaction times, higher …

A beginners guide to understanding the mechanisms of photochemical reactions: things you should know if light is one of your reagents

JC Scaiano - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing popularity of applied photochemistry has changed the composition of the
practitioners of photochemistry, from traditional specialists, to users whose expertise lies …

Photons as a 21st century reagent

HE Bonfield, T Knauber, F Lévesque… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A pharmaceutical industry viewpoint on how the fundamental laws of photochemistry are
used to identify the parameters required to implement photochemistry from lab to scale …

Nitrative difunctionalization of alkenes via cobalt-mediated radical ligand transfer and radical-polar crossover photoredox catalysis

S Patra, R Giri, D Katayev - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the rational design of a modular dual photoredox and cobalt catalysis
paradigm for the difunctionalization of unsaturated hydrocarbons, unlocking the synthesis of …

Mechanistic perspectives on organic photoredox catalysis for aromatic substitutions

M Majek, A Jacobi von Wangelin - Accounts of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful tool for the utilization of visible
light to drive chemical reactions between organic molecules that exhibit two rather …

A case of chain propagation: α-aminoalkyl radicals as initiators for aryl radical chemistry

T Constantin, F Juliá, NS Sheikh, D Leonori - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The generation of aryl radicals from the corresponding halides by redox chemistry is
generally considered a difficult task due to their highly negative reduction potentials. Here …