Light on Unsaturated Hydrocarbons - “Gotta Heterofunctionalize Them All”

Synthetic Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

(2016) Emily C. Gentry et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Merging Visible Light Photoredox and Gold Catalysis

(2016) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A General Approach to Catalytic Alkene Anti-Markovnikov Hydrofunctionalization Reactions via Acridinium Photoredox Catalysis

(2016) Kaila A. Margrey et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Markovnikov-Selective Radical Addition of S-Nucleophiles to Terminal Alkynes through a Photoredox Process

(2016) Huamin Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Visible-light-mediated radical oxydifluoromethylation of olefinic amides for the synthesis of CF2H-containing heterocycles

(2016) Weijun Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A visible-light photocatalytic N-radical cascade of hydrazones for the synthesis of dihydropyrazole-fused benzosultams

(2016) Quan-Qing Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2016) Paula Ruiz-Castillo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organic Photoredox Catalysis

(2016) Nathan A. Romero et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

New amination strategies based on nitrogen-centered radical chemistry

(2016) Tao Xiong et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Visible light photoredox-controlled reactions of N-radicals and radical ions

(2016) Jia-Rong Chen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3- and CF2H-Substituted Spiroethers from Aryl-Fused Cycloalkenylalkanols by Photoredox Catalysis

(2016) Naoki Noto et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Visible-Light-Mediated Synthesis of Amidyl Radicals: Transition-Metal-Free Hydroamination and N-Arylation Reactions

(2016) Jacob Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal-Free, Visible Light-Photocatalyzed Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole Oxides: Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations

(2016) Valentin Quint et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Radicals: Reactive Intermediates with Translational Potential

(2016) Ming Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Total synthesis of desoxycyclomarin C and the cyclomarazines A and B

(2016) Philipp Barbie et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Photoredox-Catalyzed Three-Component Tandem Process: An Assembly of Complex Trifluoromethylated Phthalans and Isoindolines

(2016) Lucie Jarrige et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible-Light-Induced Cascade Reaction of Isocyanides and N-Arylacrylamides with Diphenylphosphine Oxide via Radical C–P and C–C Bond Formation

(2016) Chun-Xiao Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible light mediated metal-free thiol–yne click reaction

(2016) Sergey S. Zalesskiy et al.   Chemical Science

Visible light amination/Smiles cascade: access to phthalazine derivatives

(2016) Etienne Brachet et al.   Chemical Science

Visible-Light-Mediated Generation of Nitrogen-Centered Radicals: Metal-Free Hydroimination and Iminohydroxylation Cyclization Reactions

(2015) Jacob Davies et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalysis of Radical Reactions: A Radical Chemistry Perspective

(2015) Armido Studer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoredox-Catalyzed Stereoselective Conversion of Alkynes into Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Alkenes

(2015) Ren Tomita et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation of Alkenes: Evidence for an Inner-Sphere Mechanism by a Copper Phenanthroline Photoredox Catalyst

(2015) Dattatraya B. Bagal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Visible-light-induced photocatalytic oxytrifluoromethylation of N-allylamides for the synthesis of CF3-containing oxazolines and benzoxazines

(2015) Qiao-Hui Deng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Visible light promoted thiol-ene reactions using titanium dioxide

(2015) Venugopal T. Bhat et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Late Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydroamination and Hydroamidation

(2015) Liangbin Huang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Oxydifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis: Simple Synthesis of CF2 H-Containing Alcohols

(2015) Yusuke Arai et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Catalytic Olefin Hydroamidation Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

(2015) David C. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible Light Photoinitiated Metal-Free Living Cationic Polymerization of 4-Methoxystyrene

(2015) Andrew J. Perkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Alkene Carboaminations Enabled by Oxidative Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

(2015) Gilbert J. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible Light Photocatalytic Thiol–Ene Reaction: An Elegant Approach for Fast Polymer Postfunctionalization and Step-Growth Polymerization

(2015) Jiangtao Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Isoquinolones Using Visible-Light-Promoted Denitrogenative Alkyne Insertion of 1,2,3-Benzotriazinones

(2015) Hao Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Anti-Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Containing Spirooxazolines and Spirooxazines via Regiospecific Trifluoromethylative Spirocyclization by Photoredox Catalysis

(2015) Naoki Noto et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

2,2,2-Trifluoroethylation of Styrenes with Concomitant Introduction of a Hydroxyl Group from Molecular Oxygen by Photoredox Catalysis Activated by Visible Light

(2015) Lun Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Amide and Amine Nucleophiles in Polar Radical Crossover Cycloadditions: Synthesis of γ-Lactams and Pyrrolidines

(2015) Nathan J. Gesmundo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of α-Benzyloxyamino-γ-butyrolactones via a Polar Radical Crossover Cycloaddition Reaction

(2015) Cortney L. Cavanaugh et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photoredox-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminodifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes

(2015) Zuxiao Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photocatalytic Radical Trifluoromethylation/Cyclization Cascade: Synthesis of CF3-Containing Pyrazolines and Isoxazolines

(2015) Qiang Wei et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Initiation of Radical Thiol–Ene Reactions Using Bismuth Oxide

(2015) Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Exploiting photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of tetra- and di-hydrofurans

(2015) Gabriele Fumagalli et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Olefin difunctionalizations via visible light photocatalysis

(2015) Min-Yi Cao et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Divergent regioselectivity in photoredox-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization reactions of unsaturated amides and thioamides

(2015) Peter D. Morse et al.   Chemical Science

Visible light C–H amidation of heteroarenes with benzoyl azides

(2015) E. Brachet et al.   Chemical Science

Characterizing chain processes in visible light photoredox catalysis

(2015) Megan A. Cismesia et al.   Chemical Science

Intermolecular Formyloxyarylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Meerwein Reaction

(2015) Chang-Jiang Yao et al.   ACS Catalysis

De NovoSynthesis of γ,γ-Disubstituted Butyrolactones through a Visible Light Photocatalytic Arylation-Lactonization Sequence

(2014) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Visible Light-Induced γ-Alkoxynitrile SynthesisviaThree- Component Alkoxycyanomethylation of Alkenes

(2014) Hong Yi et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Transition Metal-Free Trifluoromethylation ofN-Allylamides with Sodium Trifluoromethanesulfinate: Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-Containing Oxazolines

(2014) Jipan Yu et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Dual Photoredox and Gold Catalysis: Intermolecular Multicomponent Oxyarylation of Alkenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Photocatalytic Generation of N-Centered Hydrazonyl Radicals:  A Strategy for Hydroamination of β,γ-Unsaturated Hydrazones

(2014) Xiao-Qiang Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Alkenes Catalyzed by a Two-Component Organic Photoredox System: Direct Access to Phenethylamine Derivatives

(2014) Tien M. Nguyen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cyclization–endoperoxidation cascade reactions of dienes mediated by a pyrylium photoredox catalyst

(2014) Nathan J Gesmundo et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Nitrogen-centered radical-mediated C–H imidation of arenes and heteroarenes via visible light induced photocatalysis

(2014) Hyejin Kim et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dual Catalysis Sees the Light: Combining Photoredox with Organo-, Acid, and Transition-Metal Catalysis

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Redox Mediators in Visible Light Photocatalysis: Photocatalytic Radical Thiol–Ene Additions

(2014) Elizabeth L. Tyson et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Mechanistic Insight into the Photoredox Catalysis of Anti-Markovnikov Alkene Hydrofunctionalization Reactions

(2014) Nathan A. Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Acyloxyphthalimides as Nitrogen Radical Precursors in the Visible Light Photocatalyzed Room Temperature C–H Amination of Arenes and Heteroarenes

(2014) Laura J. Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dual Visible Light Photoredox and Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Ring Expansion

(2014) Xing-zhong Shu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Olefin Hydroamination with Aminium Radical Cations: A Photoredox Method for Direct C–N Bond Formation

(2014) Andrew J. Musacchio et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoinduced Electron Transfer–Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer (PET-RAFT) Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate and N-Vinylpyrrolidinone: Kinetic and Oxygen Tolerance Study

(2014) Sivaprakash Shanmugam et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Butyrolactone Synthesis via Polar Radical Crossover Cycloaddition Reactions: Diastereoselective Syntheses of Methylenolactocin and Protolichesterinic Acid

(2014) Mary A. Zeller et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Aminopyridinium Salts as Precursors for N-Centered Radicals – Direct Amidation of Arenes and Heteroarenes

(2014) Tobias W. Greulich et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Lactones via Photoredox-Catalyzed Carbolactonization of Alkenoic Acids

(2014) Yusuke Yasu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photoredox-Induced Three-Component Azido- and Aminotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes

(2014) Guillaume Dagousset et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photoredox-Induced Three-Component Oxy-, Amino-, and Carbotrifluoromethylation of Enecarbamates

(2014) Aude Carboni et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photocatalytic initiation of thiol–ene reactions: synthesis of thiomorpholin-3-ones

(2014) Mitchell H. Keylor et al.   TETRAHEDRON

The Photocatalyzed Meerwein Arylation: Classic Reaction of Aryl Diazonium Salts in a New Light

(2013) Durga Prasad Hari et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Highly Substituted Tetrahydrofurans by Catalytic Polar-Radical-Crossover Cycloadditions of Alkenes and Alkenols

(2013) Jean-Marc M. Grandjean et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Photoredox-Catalyzed Meerwein Addition Reaction: Intermolecular Amino-Arylation of Alkenes

(2013) Durga Prasad Hari et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemicals from Alkynes with Palladium Catalysts

(2013) Rafael Chinchilla et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Recent Advances in Catalytic Sequential Reactions Involving Hydroelement Addition to Carbon–Carbon Multiple Bonds

(2013) Xiaoming Zeng   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis

(2013) Christopher K. Prier et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Generation of CF3-Containing Epoxides and Aziridines by Visible-Light-Driven Trifluoromethylation of Allylic Alcohols and Amines

(2013) Eunjin Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Hydrophosphinylation of unactivated alkenes with secondary phosphine oxides under visible-light photocatalysis

(2013) Woo-Jin Yoo et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Alkenes Catalyzed by an Organic Photoredox System

(2013) Tien M. Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Catalytic Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Alkenes

(2013) Andrew J. Perkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Direct α-Amination of Aldehydes via a Photoredox Mechanism: A Strategy for Asymmetric Amine Fragment Coupling

(2013) Giuseppe Cecere et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Combining Gold and Photoredox Catalysis: Visible Light-Mediated Oxy- and Aminoarylation of Alkenes

(2013) Basudev Sahoo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Novel Intermolecular Synthesis of γ-Lactones via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis

(2013) Xiao-Jing Wei et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Oxyarylation and Aminoarylation of Styrenes Using Photoredox Catalysis

(2013) Gabriele Fumagalli et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

De Novo Synthesis of Polysubstituted Naphthols and Furans Using Photoredox Neutral Coupling of Alkynes with 2-Bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl Compounds

(2013) Heng Jiang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Intermolecular Aminotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis

(2013) Yusuke Yasu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Recent Applications of Organic Dyes as Photoredox Catalysts in Organic Synthesis

(2013) David A. Nicewicz et al.   ACS Catalysis

Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis

(2012) Jun Xuan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Three-component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highly Efficient and Regioselective Difunctionalization of CC Bonds Mediated by Photoredox Catalysts

(2012) Yusuke Yasu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

(2012) David R. Weinberg et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Transition Metal Photoredox Catalysis of Radical Thiol-Ene Reactions

(2012) Elizabeth L. Tyson et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Direct Catalytic Anti-Markovnikov Hydroetherification of Alkenols

(2012) David S. Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Endoperoxide Synthesis by Photocatalytic Aerobic [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloadditions

(2012) Jonathan D. Parrish et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible Light Photocatalytic Synthesis of Benzothiophenes

(2012) Durga Prasad Hari et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Selective photocatalytic reactions with organic photocatalysts

(2012) Shunichi Fukuzumi et al.   Chemical Science

Photocatalytic Water Treatment by Titanium Dioxide: Recent Updates

(2012) Manoj Lazar et al.   Catalysts

Photoredox-Initiated α-Alkylation of Imines through a Three-Component Radical/Cationic Reaction

(2011) Thibaut Courant et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes by means of photoredox catalysis

(2011) David A. Nagib et al.   NATURE

Visible light photocatalysis of radical anion hetero-Diels–Alder cycloadditions

(2011) Anna E. Hurtley et al.   TETRAHEDRON

[2+2] Cycloadditions by Oxidative Visible Light Photocatalysis

(2010) Michael A. Ischay et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible light photocatalysis as a greener approach to photochemical synthesis

(2010) Tehshik P. Yoon et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis of Celecoxib Analogues Possessing aN-Difluoromethyl-1,2-dihydropyrid-2-one 5-Lipoxygenase Pharmacophore: Biological Evaluation as Dual Inhibitors of Cyclooxygenases and 5-Lipoxygenase with Anti-Inflammatory Activity

(2009) Morshed A. Chowdhury et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Intermolecular Nonreductive Alkylation of Enamides via Radical−Polar Crossover

(2009) Gregory K. Friestad et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Hydroamination: Direct Addition of Amines to Alkenes and Alkynes

(2008) Thomas E. Müller et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS