
ACS Catalysis, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 4665 - 4680
Опубликована: Март 5, 2025
Transition metal catalysis is an indispensable tool for organic synthesis that has been harnessed, modulated, and perfected many decades by careful selection of centers ligands, giving rise to synthetic methods with unparalleled efficiency chemoselectivity. Recent developments have demonstrated how light irradiation can also be recruited as a powerful dramatically alter the outcome catalytic reactions, providing access innovative pathways remarkable potential. In this context, adoption photochemical conditions mainstream strategy drive reactions unveiled exciting opportunities exploit rich excited-state framework transition metals applications. This Perspective examines advances in application complexes standalone photocatalysts, exploiting innate reactivity their excited states beyond common use photoredox catalysts. An account relevant examples dissected provide discussion on electronic reorganization, orbitals involved, associated different types states. analysis aims practitioners fundamental principles guiding strategies understand, design, apply light-activation homogeneous synthesis.
Язык: Английский