Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(18), P. 6661 - 6678
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer
(LMCT)
excited
states
showcase
promise
in
enabling
photochemical
reactions.
This
article
details
design
principles
to
enable
low
energy
LMCT
and
notable
examples
that
drive
reactions
from
these
states.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(2), P. 1543 - 1625
Published: Oct. 8, 2021
In
recent
years,
visible
light-induced
transition
metal
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
new
paradigm
in
organic
photocatalysis,
which
led
to
the
discovery
of
unprecedented
transformations
well
improvement
known
reactions.
this
subfield
complex
serves
double
duty
by
harvesting
photon
energy
and
then
enabling
bond
forming/breaking
events
mostly
via
single
catalytic
cycle,
thus
contrasting
established
dual
photocatalysis
an
exogenous
photosensitizer
is
employed.
addition,
approach
often
synergistically
combines
catalyst–substrate
interaction
with
photoinduced
process,
feature
that
uncommon
conventional
photoredox
chemistry.
This
Review
describes
early
development
advances
emerging
field.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
60(39), P. 21100 - 21115
Published: Feb. 18, 2021
Abstract
The
mainstream
applications
of
visible‐light
photoredox
catalysis
predominately
involve
outer‐sphere
single‐electron
transfer
(SET)
or
energy
(EnT)
processes
precious
metal
Ru
II
Ir
III
complexes
organic
dyes
with
low
photostability.
Earth‐abundant
metal‐based
M
n
L
‐type
(M=metal,
=polydentate
ligands)
are
rapidly
evolving
as
alternative
photocatalysts
they
offer
not
only
economic
and
ecological
advantages
but
also
access
to
the
complementary
inner‐sphere
mechanistic
modes,
thereby
transcending
their
inherent
limitations
ultrashort
excited‐state
lifetimes
for
use
effective
photocatalysts.
generic
process,
termed
visible‐light‐induced
homolysis
(VLIH),
entails
formation
suitable
light‐absorbing
ligated
metal–substrate
(M
‐Z;
Z=substrate)
that
can
undergo
homolytic
cleavage
generate
n−1
Z
.
further
transformations.
ChemCatChem,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(19)
Published: Aug. 11, 2022
Abstract
Despite
the
rich
photochemistry
of
3d‐metal
complexes,
utilization
excited‐state
reactivity
these
compounds
in
organic
synthesis
has
been
historically
overlooked.
The
advent
photoredox
catalysis
changed
perception
synthetic
chemists
towards
photochemistry,
and
nowadays
potential
photoinduced,
outer‐sphere
single‐electron
transfer
events
is
widely
recognized.
More
recently,
an
emerging
new
mode
photoactivation
taken
spotlight,
based
on
inner‐sphere
triggered
by
population
ligand‐to‐metal
charge‐transfer
(LMCT)
excited
states.
Contrarily
to
photoredox,
LMCT‐activation
does
not
rely
matching
redox
potentials,
offers
unique
profiles
particularly
well
suited
Earth‐abundant
metal
complexes.
Those
appealing
features
are
propelling
development
methods
using
this
blueprint
generate
highly
reactive
open‐shell
species
under
mild
conditions.
aim
contribution
provide
a
didactical
tool
for
comprehension
concept
facilitate
methodologies
achieve
sustainable
chemical
transformations.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(4), P. 1415 - 1453
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
This
review
summarizes
recent
progress
on
using
carboxylic
acids
directly
as
convenient
precursors
for
the
1,4-radical
conjugate
addition
(Giese)
reaction.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
8(18), P. 5206 - 5228
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Various
alkene
difunctionalization
reactions
involving
nitridization,
diamination,
azidation,
oxyamination,
carboamination,
aminohalogenation,
and
nitration
are
introduced
in
this
review.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(17), P. 9369 - 9388
Published: April 20, 2023
Photoredox
catalysis
of
organic
reactions
driven
by
iron
has
attracted
substantial
attention
throughout
recent
years,
due
to
potential
environmental
and
economic
benefits.
In
this
Perspective,
three
major
strategies
were
identified
that
have
been
employed
date
achieve
reactivities
comparable
the
successful
noble
metal
photoredox
catalysis:
(1)
Direct
replacement
a
center
in
archetypal
polypyridyl
complexes,
resulting
metal-centered
photofunctional
state.
(2)
situ
generation
photoactive
complexes
substrate
coordination
where
are
via
intramolecular
electron
transfer
involving
charge-transfer
states,
for
example,
through
visible-light-induced
homolysis.
(3)
Improving
excited-state
lifetimes
redox
potentials
states
new
ligand
design.
We
seek
give
an
overview
evaluation
developments
rapidly
growing
field
and,
at
same
time,
provide
outlook
on
future
iron-based
catalysis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(13), P. 7600 - 7611
Published: March 23, 2023
Catalytic
C(sp3)-H
functionalization
has
provided
enormous
opportunities
to
construct
organic
molecules,
facilitating
the
derivatization
of
complex
pharmaceutical
compounds.
Within
this
framework,
direct
hydrogen
atom
transfer
(HAT)
photocatalysis
becomes
an
appealing
approach
goal.
However,
viable
substrates
utilized
in
these
protocols
are
limited,
and
site
selectivity
shows
preference
activated
thermodynamically
favored
bonds.
Herein,
we
describe
development
undirected
iron-catalyzed
borylation,
thiolation,
sulfinylation
reactions
enabled
by
photoinduced
ligand-to-metal
charge
(LMCT)
process.
These
exhibit
remarkably
broad
substrate
scope
(>150
examples
total),
most
importantly,
all
three
show
unconventional
regioselectivity,
with
occurrence
preferentially
at
distal
methyl
position.
The
procedures
operationally
simple
readily
scalable
provide
access
high-value
products
from
hydrocarbons
one
step.
Mechanistic
studies
control
experiments
indicate
that
afforded
is
not
only
relevant
HAT
species
but
also
largely
affected
use
boron-
sulfone-based
radical
acceptors.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(18), P. 8296 - 8305
Published: April 29, 2022
Aryl
halides
are
a
fundamental
motif
in
synthetic
chemistry,
playing
critical
role
metal-mediated
cross-coupling
reactions
and
serving
as
important
scaffolds
drug
discovery.
Although
thermal
decarboxylative
functionalization
of
aryl
carboxylic
acids
has
been
extensively
explored,
the
scope
existing
halodecarboxylation
methods
remains
limited,
there
currently
exists
no
unified
strategy
that
provides
access
to
any
type
halide
from
an
acid
precursor.
Herein,
we
report
general
catalytic
method
for
direct
halogenation
(hetero)aryl
via
ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer.
This
accommodates
exceptionally
broad
substrates.
We
leverage
radical
intermediate
toward
divergent
pathways:
(1)
atom
transfer
bromo-
or
iodo(hetero)arenes
(2)
capture
by
copper
subsequent
reductive
elimination
generate
chloro-
fluoro(hetero)arenes.
The
proposed
mechanism
is
supported
through
array
spectroscopic
studies.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(13), P. 5287 - 5299
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
This
review
summarizes
the
different
applications
and
underlying
concepts
that
are
applied
for
Cu(
i
)-
or
ii
)-photocatalyzed
difunctionalizations
of
alkenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(44), P. 20201 - 20206
Published: Oct. 31, 2022
The
development
of
efficient
and
sustainable
methods
for
decarboxylative
transformations
is
great
importance
due
to
the
ease
availability
nontoxicity
carboxylic
acids.
Despite
tremendous
efforts
in
this
area,
it
remains
challenging
develop
enantioselective
direct
from
Herein
we
disclose
a
photoelectrocatalytic
method
cyanation.
photoelectrochemical
reactions
convert
acids
enantioenriched
nitriles
by
employing
cerium/copper
relay
catalysis
with
cerium
salt
catalytic
decarboxylation
chiral
copper
complex
stereoselective
C-CN
formation.