Organic synthesis using photoredox catalysis

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Editor: Prof. Axel G. Griesbeck
Universität zu Köln
 
Natural photosynthesis is a remarkable chemical machinery that enables our life on earth and delivers a constant stream of oxygen and organic biomass. We should acknowledge this fact with humbleness, especially because we have not been able yet to mimic this process in a reliable way even after decades of intense research. The basic mechanistic principle behind photosynthesis is photoredox catalysis or light-driven charge separation, which leads to an energy harvesting process by taking advantage of the reduction products and filling the holes by a sacrificial electron donor, water. In contrast to the “traditional” catalysis areas such as metal-, organo- and biocatalysis, photoredox catalysis (and photocatalysis in general) is a young research field with regard to synthetic applications. The collection of papers in this Thematic Series on organic synthesis using photoredox catalysis shows this convincingly.

See also the Thematic Series:
Photocycloadditions and photorearrangements

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Organic synthesis using photoredox catalysis

  • Axel G. Griesbeck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1097–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.107

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Published 12 May 2014

Visible-light photoredox catalysis enabled bromination of phenols and alkenes

  • Yating Zhao,
  • Zhe Li,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Run Lin and
  • Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 622–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.53

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Published 07 Mar 2014

Metal and metal-free photocatalysts: mechanistic approach and application as photoinitiators of photopolymerization

  • Jacques Lalevée,
  • Sofia Telitel,
  • Pu Xiao,
  • Marc Lepeltier,
  • Frédéric Dumur,
  • Fabrice Morlet-Savary,
  • Didier Gigmes and
  • Jean-Pierre Fouassier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 863–876, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.83

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Published 15 Apr 2014

Visible-light-induced, Ir-catalyzed reactions of N-methyl-N-((trimethylsilyl)methyl)aniline with cyclic α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

  • Dominik Lenhart and
  • Thorsten Bach

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 890–896, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.86

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Published 17 Apr 2014

Tailoring of organic dyes with oxidoreductive compounds to obtain photocyclic radical generator systems exhibiting photocatalytic behavior

  • Christian Ley,
  • Julien Christmann,
  • Ahmad Ibrahim,
  • Luciano H. Di Stefano and
  • Xavier Allonas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 936–947, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.92

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Published 25 Apr 2014

Visible light mediated intermolecular [3 + 2] annulation of cyclopropylanilines with alkynes

  • Theresa H. Nguyen,
  • Soumitra Maity and
  • Nan Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 975–980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.96

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Published 29 Apr 2014

On the mechanism of photocatalytic reactions with eosin Y

  • Michal Majek,
  • Fabiana Filace and
  • Axel Jacobi von Wangelin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 981–989, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.97

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Published 30 Apr 2014

Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of di- and trisubstituted alkenes by photoredox catalysis

  • Ren Tomita,
  • Yusuke Yasu,
  • Takashi Koike and
  • Munetaka Akita

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1099–1106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.108

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Published 12 May 2014

Homogeneous and heterogeneous photoredox-catalyzed hydroxymethylation of ketones and keto esters: catalyst screening, chemoselectivity and dilution effects

  • Axel G. Griesbeck and
  • Melissa Reckenthäler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1143–1150, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.114

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Published 19 May 2014
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Published 27 May 2014

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

  • Nathan J. Gesmundo and
  • David A. Nicewicz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1272–1281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.128

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Published 03 Jun 2014

Visible light photoredox-catalyzed deoxygenation of alcohols

  • Daniel Rackl,
  • Viktor Kais,
  • Peter Kreitmeier and
  • Oliver Reiser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2157–2165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.223

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Published 10 Sep 2014

Visible-light-induced bromoetherification of alkenols for the synthesis of β-bromotetrahydrofurans and -tetrahydropyrans

  • Run Lin,
  • Hongnan Sun,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Youdong Yang,
  • Xinxin Zhao and
  • Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 31–36, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.5

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Published 08 Jan 2015

Eosin Y-catalyzed visible-light-mediated aerobic oxidative cyclization of N,N-dimethylanilines with maleimides

  • Zhongwei Liang,
  • Song Xu,
  • Wenyan Tian and
  • Ronghua Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 425–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.48

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Published 01 Apr 2015

Photocatalytic nucleophilic addition of alcohols to styrenes in Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov orientation

  • Martin Weiser,
  • Sergej Hermann,
  • Alexander Penner and
  • Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 568–575, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.62

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Published 27 Apr 2015
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