Photoorganocatalysis, small organic molecules and light in the service of organic synthesis: the awakening of a sleeping giant

Direct Synthesis of Polysubstituted Aldehydes via Visible-Light Catalysis

(2018) Fengjin Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Green Photo-Organocatalytic C−H Activation of Aldehydes: Selective Hydroacylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes

(2018) Giorgos N. Papadopoulos et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Aerobic Photooxidative Synthesis of β-Alkoxy Monohydroperoxides Using an Organo Photoredox Catalyst Controlled by a Base

(2018) Yuya Asano et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Photoinduced Generation of Acyl Radicals from Simple Aldehydes, Access to 3-Acyl-4-arylcoumarin Derivatives, and Evaluation of Their Antiandrogenic Activities

(2018) Kazuki Kawaai et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enhancing the potential of enantioselective organocatalysis with light

(2018) Mattia Silvi et al.   NATURE

Anthraquinones as Photoredox Catalysts for the Reductive Activation of Aryl Halides

(2017) Javier I. Bardagi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Radical C(sp3)–H alkenylation, alkynylation and allylation of ethers and amides enabled by photocatalysis

(2017) Subhasis Paul et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Photobiocatalytic alcohol oxidation using LED light sources

(2017) M. Rauch et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Photoorganocatalytic synthesis of lactones via a selective C–H activation–alkylation of alcohols

(2017) Nikolaos Kaplaneris et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Visible-Light Mediated Oxidative C–H/N–H Cross-Coupling between Tetrahydrofuran and Azoles Using Air

(2017) Lingling Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Predictive Model for Site-Selective Aryl and Heteroaryl C–H Functionalization via Organic Photoredox Catalysis

(2017) Kaila A. Margrey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct C–H Cyanation of Arenes via Organic Photoredox Catalysis

(2017) Joshua B. McManus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible-light excitation of iminium ions enables the enantioselective catalytic β-alkylation of enals

(2017) Mattia Silvi et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photocatalytic esterification under Mitsunobu reaction conditions mediated by flavin and visible light

(2017) M. März et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Visible-Light-Promoted [2 + 2 + 2] Cyclization of Alkynes with Nitriles to Pyridines Using Pyrylium Salts as Photoredox Catalysts

(2017) Kuai Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible light photocatalysis with benzophenone for radical thiol-ene reactions

(2017) Manjula Singh et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Photoredox ketone catalysis for the direct C–H imidation and acyloxylation of arenes

(2017) Chandra Bhushan Tripathi et al.   Chemical Science

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

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

Efficient Metal-Free Aerobic Photooxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Mediated by a Vitamin B2Derivative and Visible Light

(2016) Tomáš Neveselý et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Benzophenonevs. Copper/Benzophenone in Light-Promoted Atom Transfer Radical Additions (ATRAs): Highly Effective Iodoperfluoroalkylation of Alkenes/Alkynes and Mechanistic Studies

(2016) Redouane Beniazza et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Halogenase-Inspired Oxidative Chlorination Using Flavin Photocatalysis

(2016) Thea Hering et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Trapping of Photochemically Generated Hydroxy-o -Quinodimethanes

(2016) Luca Dell'Amico et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Solvent-free, visible-light photocatalytic alcohol oxidations applying an organic photocatalyst

(2016) Martin Obst et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Metal-free C–H sulfonamidation of pyrroles by visible light photoredox catalysis

(2016) Andreas Uwe Meyer et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Metal-free reductive coupling of CO and CN bonds driven by visible light: use of perylene as a simple photoredox catalyst

(2016) Shusuke Okamoto et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions via Photogenerated Intermediates

(2016) Davide Ravelli et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Photochemical Approaches to Complex Chemotypes: Applications in Natural Product Synthesis

(2016) Markus D. Kärkäs et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Applications of Continuous-Flow Photochemistry in Organic Synthesis, Material Science, and Water Treatment

(2016) Dario Cambié et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organic Photoredox Catalysis

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

Dual Catalysis Strategies in Photochemical Synthesis

(2016) Kazimer L. Skubi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Vicinal Difluoroalkylation and Aminosulfonylation of Alkynes under Photoinduced Conditions

(2016) Yuanchao Xiang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Photoorganocatalytic One-Pot Synthesis of Hydroxamic Acids from Aldehydes

(2016) Giorgos N. Papadopoulos et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Organophotocatalytic Generation of N- and O-Centred Radicals Enables Aerobic Oxyamination and Dioxygenation of Alkenes

(2016) Xiao-Qiang Hu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct construction of 4-aryl tetralones via visible-light-induced cyclization of styrenes with molecular oxygen

(2016) Kuai Wang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Metal-Free Visible Light-Mediated Photocatalysis: Controlling Intramolecular [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition of Enones through Axial Chirality

(2016) Anthony Clay et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

One-Pot Amide Bond Formation from Aldehydes and Amines via a Photoorganocatalytic Activation of Aldehydes

(2016) Giorgos N. Papadopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Aerobic Oxidation of Olefins and Lignin Model Compounds Using Photogenerated Phthalimide-N-oxyl Radical

(2016) Jian Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry

(2016) Megan H. Shaw et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

One Photocatalyst, n Activation Modes Strategy for Cascade Catalysis: Emulating Coumarin Biosynthesis with (−)-Riboflavin

(2016) Jan B. Metternich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanism of the Stereoselective α-Alkylation of Aldehydes Driven by the Photochemical Activity of Enamines

(2016) Ana Bahamonde et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Intermolecular [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition Reactions of 2(1H)-Quinolones Induced by Visible Light Irradiation

(2016) Andreas Tröster et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

BODIPY catalyzed amide synthesis promoted by BHT and air under visible light

(2016) Xiao-Fei Wang et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Preparation of α-Acyloxy Ketones via Visible-Light-Driven Aerobic Oxo-Acyloxylation of Olefins with Carboxylic Acids

(2016) Qing-Bao Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photocatalytic Systems with Flavinium Salts: From Photolyase Models to Synthetic Tool for Cyclobutane Ring Opening

(2016) Tomáš Hartman et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Reactivity and mechanistic insight into the cross coupling reaction between isochromans and β-keto esters through C–H bond activation under visible light irradiation

(2016) Ming Xiang et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Enantioselective Catalysis of Photochemical Reactions

(2015) Richard Brimioulle et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The singlet excited state of BODIPY promoted aerobic cross-dehydrogenative-coupling reactions under visible light

(2015) Xu-Zhe Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Tailoring flavins for visible light photocatalysis: organocatalytic [2+2] cycloadditions mediated by a flavin derivative and visible light

(2015) Viktor Mojr et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Site-Selective Approach to β-Fluorination: Photocatalyzed Ring Opening of Cyclopropanols

(2015) Steven Bloom et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis of Benzophenone Nucleosides and Their Photocatalytic Evaluation for [2+2] Cycloaddition in Aqueous Media

(2015) Nadine Gaß et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Photo-organocatalytic Enantioselective Perfluoroalkylation of β-Ketoesters

(2015) Łukasz Woźniak et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ambient-Temperature Newman–Kwart Rearrangement Mediated by Organic Photoredox Catalysis

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

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Alkylation of Aldehydes and Enals Driven by the Direct Photoexcitation of Enamines

(2015) Mattia Silvi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Bio-Inspired, Catalytic E → Z Isomerization of Activated Olefins

(2015) Jan B. Metternich 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

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

Site-selective arene C-H amination via photoredox catalysis

(2015) N. A. Romero et al.   SCIENCE

Facile and efficient synthesis of hydroxyalkyl esters from cyclic acetals through aerobic photo-oxidation using anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid

(2015) Tomoaki Yamaguchi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

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

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

Tandem Organocatalysis and Photocatalysis: An Anthraquinone-Catalyzed Indole-C3-Alkylation/Photooxidation/1,2-Shift Sequence

(2014) Stephanie Lerch 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

A Chiral Thioxanthone as an Organocatalyst for Enantioselective [2+2] Photocycloaddition Reactions Induced by Visible Light

(2014) Rafael Alonso et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photo-Organocatalysis of Atom-Transfer Radical Additions to Alkenes

(2014) Elena Arceo 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

Visible light-promoted metal-free sp3-C–H fluorination

(2014) Ji-Bao Xia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Selective fluorination of alkyl C–H bonds via photocatalysis

(2014) Choon Wee Kee et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthetic applications of eosin Y in photoredox catalysis

(2014) Durga Prasad Hari et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Supramolecular photocatalysis: combining confinement and non-covalent interactions to control light initiated reactions

(2014) Nandini Vallavoju et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Photoorganocatalytic Hydroacylation of Dialkyl Azodicarboxylates by Utilising Activated Ketones as Photocatalysts

(2014) Giorgos N. Papadopoulos et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Tailoring Atropisomeric Maleimides for Stereospecific [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition—Photochemical and Photophysical Investigations Leading to Visible-Light Photocatalysis

(2014) Elango Kumarasamy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Organic Photoredox Catalysis as a General Strategy for Anti-Markovnikov Alkene Hydrofunctionalization

(2014) David Nicewicz et al.   SYNLETT

Facile synthesis of dimeric BODIPY and its catalytic activity for sulfide oxidation under visible light

(2014) Liang Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Photoredox catalytic organic reactions promoted with broadband visible light-absorbing Bodipy-iodo-aza-Bodipy triad photocatalyst

(2014) Song Guo et al.   RSC Advances

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

C60-Bodipy dyad triplet photosensitizers as organic photocatalysts for photocatalytic tandem oxidation/[3+2] cycloaddition reactions to prepare pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline

(2013) Ling Huang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

Supramolecular photochirogenesis

(2013) Cheng Yang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

Visible Light-Promoted Metal-Free C–H Activation: Diarylketone-Catalyzed Selective Benzylic Mono- and Difluorination

(2013) Ji-Bao Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photochemical activity of a key donor–acceptor complex can drive stereoselective catalytic α-alkylation of aldehydes

(2013) Elena Arceo et al.   Nature Chemistry

Enantioselective Lewis Acid Catalysis of Intramolecular Enone [2+2] Photocycloaddition Reactions

(2013) R. Brimioulle et al.   SCIENCE

Aerobic photooxidative cleavage of 1,3-diketones to carboxylic acids using 2-chloroanthraquinone

(2013) Yuma Tachikawa et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Synthesis of cyclobutane lignans via an organic single electron oxidant–electron relay system

(2013) Michelle Riener et al.   Chemical Science

Catalytic hydrotrifluoromethylation of styrenes and unactivated aliphatic alkenes via an organic photoredox system

(2013) Dale J. Wilger et al.   Chemical Science

Recent Applications of Organic Dyes as Photoredox Catalysts in Organic Synthesis

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

Iodo-BODIPY: a visible-light-driven, highly efficient and photostable metal-free organic photocatalyst

(2013) Wenliang Li et al.   RSC Advances

Iodo-Bodipys as visible-light-absorbing dual-functional photoredox catalysts for preparation of highly functionalized organic compounds by formation of C–C bonds via reductive and oxidative quenching catalytic mechanisms

(2013) Ling Huang et al.   RSC Advances

Photoorganocatalysis. What for?

(2012) Davide Ravelli et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Visible light photocatalysis as a greener approach to photochemical synthesis

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

Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes

(2008) D. A. Nicewicz et al.   SCIENCE