Molecular Photoelectrocatalysis for Radical Reactions DOI
Peng Xiong, Hai‐Chao Xu

Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

ConspectusMolecular photoelectrocatalysis, which combines the merits of photocatalysis and organic electrosynthesis, including their green attributes capacity to offer novel reactivity selectivity, represents an emerging field in chemistry that addresses growing demands for environmental sustainability synthetic efficiency. This synergistic approach permits access a wider range redox potentials, facilitates transformations under gentler electrode decreases use external harsh reagents. Despite these potential advantages, this area did not receive significant attention until 2019, when we others reported first examples modern molecular photoelectrocatalysis. These studies showcased immense hybrid strategy, only inherits strengths its parent fields but also unlocks unprecedented enabling challenging mild conditions while minimizing reliance on stoichiometric oxidants or reductants.In Account, present our efforts develop photoelectrocatalytic strategies leverage homogeneous catalysts facilitate diverse radical reactions. By integrating electrocatalysis with key photoinduced processes such as single electron transfer (SET), ligand-to-metal charge (LMCT), hydrogen atom (HAT), have established methods transform substrates organotrifluoroborates, arenes, carboxylic acids, alkanes into reactive intermediates. intermediates subsequently engage heteroarene C-H functionalization Importantly, photoelectrochemical catalysts, generated bulk solution readily participate efficient reactions without undergoing further overoxidation carbocations, common challenge conventional electrochemical systems.By integration photoelectrocatalysis asymmetric catalysis, developed catalysis (PEAC), proves be enantioselective synthesis chiral nitriles. involves two relay catalytic cycles: initial process engenders benzylic radicals from precursors alkyl aryl alkenes, C-radicals are then subjected cyanation subsequent copper-electrocatalytic cycle.Within realm oxidative transformations, anode serves crucial component recycling generating photocatalyst, cathode promotes proton reduction. dual functionality enables via H

Language: Английский

Photoelectrochemically driven iron-catalysed C(sp3)−H borylation of alkanes DOI

Yangmin Cao,

Cheng Huang, Qingquan Lu

et al.

Nature Synthesis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(4), P. 537 - 544

Published: Jan. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

23
Electroreduction of unactivated alkenes using water as hydrogen source DOI Creative Commons
Yanwei Wang, Qian Wang, Lei Wu

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: March 30, 2024

Abstract Herein, we report an electroreduction of unactivated alkyl alkenes enabled by [Fe]-H, which is provided through the combination anodic iron salts and silane generated in situ via cathodic reduction, using H 2 O as H-source. The catalytic amounts Si-additive work H-carrier from to generate a highly active species under continuous electrochemical conditions. This approach shows broad substrate scope good functional group compatibility. In addition hydrogenation, use D instead provides desired deuterated products yields with excellent D-incorporation (up >99%). Further late-stage hydrogenation complex molecules drug derivatives demonstrate potential application pharmaceutical industry. Mechanistic studies are performed provide support for proposed mechanistic pathway.

Language: Английский

Citations

21
Electrochemical generation and utilization of radical intermediates DOI

Zhong‐Wei Hou,

Hai‐Chao Xu, Lei Wang

et al.

Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 44, P. 101447 - 101447

Published: Jan. 26, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

20
Electrophotocatalytic hydrogenation of imines and reductive functionalization of aryl halides DOI Creative Commons
Wenjie Kang, Yanbin Zhang, Bo Li

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Jan. 22, 2024

Abstract The open-shell catalytically active species, like radical cations or anions, generated by one-electron transfer of precatalysts are widely used in energy-consuming redox reactions, but their excited-state lifetimes usually short. Here, a closed-shell thioxanthone-hydrogen anion species ( 3 ), which can be photochemically converted to potent and long-lived reductant, is under electrochemical conditions, enabling the electrophotocatalytic hydrogenation. Notably, TfOH regulate potential this system. In presence TfOH, precatalyst 1 ) reduction occur at low potential, so that competitive H 2 evolution inhibited, thus effectively promoting hydrogenation imines. absence reducing ability system reach potency even comparable Na 0 Li , thereby allowing hydrogenation, borylation, stannylation (hetero)arylation aryl halides construct C−H, C−B, C−Sn, C−C bonds.

Language: Английский

Citations

17
Molecular Photoelectrocatalysis for Radical Reactions DOI
Peng Xiong, Hai‐Chao Xu

Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

ConspectusMolecular photoelectrocatalysis, which combines the merits of photocatalysis and organic electrosynthesis, including their green attributes capacity to offer novel reactivity selectivity, represents an emerging field in chemistry that addresses growing demands for environmental sustainability synthetic efficiency. This synergistic approach permits access a wider range redox potentials, facilitates transformations under gentler electrode decreases use external harsh reagents. Despite these potential advantages, this area did not receive significant attention until 2019, when we others reported first examples modern molecular photoelectrocatalysis. These studies showcased immense hybrid strategy, only inherits strengths its parent fields but also unlocks unprecedented enabling challenging mild conditions while minimizing reliance on stoichiometric oxidants or reductants.In Account, present our efforts develop photoelectrocatalytic strategies leverage homogeneous catalysts facilitate diverse radical reactions. By integrating electrocatalysis with key photoinduced processes such as single electron transfer (SET), ligand-to-metal charge (LMCT), hydrogen atom (HAT), have established methods transform substrates organotrifluoroborates, arenes, carboxylic acids, alkanes into reactive intermediates. intermediates subsequently engage heteroarene C-H functionalization Importantly, photoelectrochemical catalysts, generated bulk solution readily participate efficient reactions without undergoing further overoxidation carbocations, common challenge conventional electrochemical systems.By integration photoelectrocatalysis asymmetric catalysis, developed catalysis (PEAC), proves be enantioselective synthesis chiral nitriles. involves two relay catalytic cycles: initial process engenders benzylic radicals from precursors alkyl aryl alkenes, C-radicals are then subjected cyanation subsequent copper-electrocatalytic cycle.Within realm oxidative transformations, anode serves crucial component recycling generating photocatalyst, cathode promotes proton reduction. dual functionality enables via H

Language: Английский

Citations

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