An integrated photocatalytic/enzymatic system for the reduction of CO₂ to methanol in bioglycerol–water

• Michele Aresta,
• Angela Dibenedetto,
• Tomasz Baran,
• Antonella Angelini,
• Przemysław Łabuz and
• Wojciech Macyk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2556–2565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.267

• . For the approach discussed here, the production of one mol of CH3OH from CO2 requires three enzymes and the consumption of three mol of NADH. Regeneration of the cofactor NADH from NAD+ was achieved by using visible-light-active, heterogeneous, TiO2-based photocatalysts. The efficiency of the

• , such reduction would require implementation of the most energetically and economically convenient technologies, such as visible-light-driven photocatalysis, as chemical methods are either too expensive or not compatible with the enzymes [7]. To date, photocatalysis has shown great potential for

• gap energy of 3.2 eV (which is not compatible for use with visible light), modified TiO2 is known to be more suitable for carrying out photocatalytic processes utilizing the visible part of the solar spectrum [17]. In previous work, systems based on stable, encapsulated enzymes [7] for the enzymatic

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

• are rare. In this work an environmentally benign protocol for the activation of carbon–oxygen single bonds of alcohols towards a reductive bond cleavage under visible light photocatalysis was developed. Alcohols were activated as 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-substituted benzoates and irradiation with blue

• light in the presence of [Ir(ppy)2(dtb-bpy)](PF6) as visible light photocatalyst and Hünig’s base as sacrificial electron donor in an acetonitrile/water mixture generally gave good to excellent yields of the desired defunctionalized compounds. Functional group tolerance is high but the protocol

• developed is limited to benzylic, α-carbonyl, and α-cyanoalcohols; with other alcohols a slow partial C–F bond reduction in the 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoate moiety occurs. Keywords: C–O bond activation; deoxygenation; photochemistry; photoredox catalysis; visible light; Introduction The dwindling

Photo, thermal and chemical degradation of riboflavin

• Muhammad Ali Sheraz,
• Sadia Hafeez Kazi,
• Sofia Ahmed,
• Zubair Anwar and
• Iqbal Ahmad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1999–2012, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.208

• reaction was higher on UV irradiation as compared to that of the visible irradiation. Similarly, the magnitude of the formation of the photoproducts was higher in solutions exposed to UV light as compared to the visible light. The difference in rates might be due to the higher intensity of the UV radiation

• phosphate species has been found to accelerate its formation. It is more dependent on RF concentration as it was observed that lower RF contents induced slower 2,3-butanedione formation [59]. An increase in RF photodegradation was also observed when its solution was irradiated by visible light with a

• photodegradation of RF in aqueous solution. log k–pH profiles for the photolysis of RF in aqueous solution using UV light (∆) and visible light (○). UV lamp emission at 313 and 366 nm (125 W medium pressure mercury vapor lamp, 2.19 ± 0.12 × 1018 quanta s−1), Visible lamp emission at 405 and 435 nm (Philips HPL N

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

• single electron oxidants capable of this task, we elected to employ photooxidation catalysts. Additionally, we sought to select visible light-activated organic single electron oxidants that do not readily sensitize singlet oxygen [17][18][19]. For these reasons, we were attracted to the use of

Visible-light photoredox catalyzed synthesis of pyrroloisoquinolines via organocatalytic oxidation/[3 + 2] cycloaddition/oxidative aromatization reaction cascade with Rose Bengal

• Carlos Vila,
• Jonathan Lau and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1233–1238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.122

• Carlos Vila Jonathan Lau Magnus Rueping Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.10.122 Abstract Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline alkaloids have been prepared via a visible light photoredox catalyzed oxidation/[3 + 2] cycloaddition

• Bengal; visible-light; Introduction Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines constitute the core structure of the natural products family lamellarin alkaloids (Figure 1) [1][2][3][4]. These alkaloids display numerous biological activities such as inhibitor of human topoisomerase I by lamellarin D [5] or inhibition

• ]isoquinolines. Wang and co-workers described a copper catalyzed oxidation/[3 + 2] cycloaddition/aromatization cascade [28]. Also, Xiao disclosed a very elegant oxidation/[3 + 2] cycloaddition/aromatization cascade catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)3]3+ under irradiation with visible light [29]. In this context, very

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

• –CF3 bonds is highly demanded. Results: The photoredox reaction of alkenes with 5-(trifluoromethyl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophenium tetrafluoroborate, Umemoto’s reagent, as a CF3 source in the presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ catalyst (bpy = 2,2’-bipyridine) under visible light irradiation without any additive afforded

• visible-light-induced single-electron transfer (SET) processes [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. On the other hand, we have intensively developed trifluoromethylations of olefins by the Ru and Ir photoredox catalysis using easy-handling and shelf-stable electrophilic trifluoromethylating reagents [33

• trisubstituted alkenes (Scheme 3c). Herein we disclose a highly efficient direct C–H trifluoromethylation of di- and trisubstituted alkenes with easy-handling and shelf-stable Umemoto’s reagent 1a by visible-light-driven photoredox catalysis under mild conditions. This photocatalytic protocol allows us easy

Preparation of phosphines through C–P bond formation

• Iris Wauters,
• Wouter Debrouwer and
• Christian V. Stevens

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1064–1096, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.106

• thermal activation [75][76], through the use of radical initiators (AIBN) [77][78][79][80][81][82] or photochemically by irradiation with UV or visible light [22][83][84][85]. Most of these reactions give anti-Markovnikov products. The hydrophosphination of activated alkenes (e.g., Michael acceptors) has

The Ugi four-component reaction as a concise modular synthetic tool for photo-induced electron transfer donor-anthraquinone dyads

• Sarah Bay,
• Gamall Makhloufi,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1006–1016, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.100

• the carbazole dyads 8e and 8f. Eventually, the absorption characteristics of phenothiazine dyads can be more easily red-shifted and, therefore, charge separation by PET should be accessible with visible light by fine-tuning the donor chromophore towards lower HOMO–LUMO gaps. Conclusion The Ugi four

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

• catalysis; quantum yields; visible light; Introduction The ability of natural systems to harness solar energy for the genesis of matter has been fascinating mankind since time immemorial and has stimulated numerous reproduction attempts in the context of chemical synthesis over the last two centuries. The

• various applications of eosin Y to visible light-driven syntheses of biaryls [15], stilbenes [16], benzothiophenes [17], α-phenylketones [18], phenanthrenes [19], arylsulfides [20] and arylboron pinacolates [21] (Scheme 1). Numerous mechanistic studies have been performed at reactions with organometallic

• push the acid–base equilibria of the catalytic amounts of eosin Y in either direction. The spirocyclic form EY1 contains an interrupted conjugation of the fluorone ring system and thus would be photocatalytically inactive under visible light irradiation. The neutral form EY2 exhibits only weak

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

• Theresa H. Nguyen Soumitra Maity Nan Zheng Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701, USA 10.3762/bjoc.10.96 Abstract Intermolecular [3 + 2] annulation of cyclopropylanilines with alkynes is realized using visible light photoredox catalysis

• ; visible light; Introduction Cyclopropanes have been used as a three-carbon synthon to prepare a diverse array of organic compounds [1][2][3][4]. The unusual reactivity, exhibited by cyclopropanes, is largely due to their inherent ring strain that makes cleavage of the C–C bonds facile [5]. A number of

• parent amine. This oxidation step can be realized enzymatically [6][7][8], chemically [9][10][11][12][13][14], electrochemically [15][16], and photochemically [17][18][19][20]. Recently, visible light photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful method to manipulate the redox chemistry of organic

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

• Dominik Lenhart Thorsten Bach Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Fax: +49-89-28913315 10.3762/bjoc.10.86 Abstract N-Methyl-N-((trimethylsilyl)methyl)aniline was employed as reagent in visible-light

• reactions to the parent furan-2(5H)-one (9) and was conducted with a set of eight visible light lamps (Osram L 8W/640 cool white) [48]. A screen of potential catalysts (see Supporting Information File 2 for further details) in CH2Cl2 as the solvent (c = 0.1 M) revealed that [Ir(ppy)2(bpy)]BF4 (ppy

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

• organometallic complexes are mostly employed as radical sources: they exhibit an excellent visible-light absorption, long lived excited states and suitable redox potentials and they work through either an oxidation or a reduction cycle [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. To avoid, however, the high cost

• systems is presented here. Indeed, the visible light absorption properties of Ir(piq)2(tmd) are much better than those of Ir(ppy)3 (Figure 6). Remarkably, Ir(piq)2(tmd) is perfectly adapted for applications under green light exposure (LED bulb at 514 nm or a laser diode at 532 nm) and exhibits an almost

• polymerized through a photoredox catalysis approach. The new proposed PIC (Ir(piq)2(tmd)). UV–visible light absorption spectra for Ir(piq)2(tmd) (2) and Ir(ppy)3 (1); solvent: acetonitrile. (A) cyclic voltamogramm for Ir(piq)2(tmd) in acetonitrile; (B) absorption (a) and luminescence (b) spectra for Ir(piq)2

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

• of phenols and alkenes has been developed utilizing visible light-induced photoredox catalysis. The bromine was generated in situ from the oxidation of Br− by Ru(bpy)33+, both of which resulted from the oxidative quenching process. Keywords: alkenes; bromination; phenols; photoredox catalyst

• ; visible light; Introduction Bromophenols serve as important synthetic intermediates for a variety of naturally occurring biologically active compounds and are also important constituents of industrial chemicals [1][2][3][4][5]. Thus, numerous methods were developed for the electrophilic bromination of

• others [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] demonstrated the usefulness of Ru(bpy)3Cl2 and its application to various visible-light-induced synthetic transformations, visible-light-photoredox catalysis has emerged as a growing field in organic chemistry and has been successfully applied

Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

• Sebastian Krüger and
• Tanja Gaich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14

• coworker [200] found an intriguing example of a light mediated radical cyclization/arylvinylcyclopropane rearrangement. Subjecting cyclopropyl bromide 237 to an Ir-polypyridyl catalyst and visible light initiated the desired photoredox cascade forming a cyclopropylradical, which readily cyclized in an 5

New developments in gold-catalyzed manipulation of inactivated alkenes

• Michel Chiarucci and
• Marco Bandini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2586–2614, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.294

• , (i.e. styrene and gem-disubstituted olefins) to be efficiently employed (Scheme 39b) [85]. An innovative approach to the double functionalization of olefins was developed by Glorius and co-workers, very recently. The authors reported on the use of visible light-mediated photoredox catalysis to access

The chemistry of amine radical cations produced by visible light photoredox catalysis

• Jie Hu,
• Jiang Wang,
• Theresa H. Nguyen and
• Nan Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1977–2001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.234

• highly sought-after synthetic intermediates including iminium ions, α-amino radicals, and distonic ions. One appealing method to access amine radical cations is through one-electron oxidation of the corresponding amines under visible light photoredox conditions. This approach and subsequent chemistries

• are emerging as a powerful tool in amine synthesis. This article reviews synthetic applications of amine radical cations produced by visible light photocatalysis. Keywords: α-amino radical; amine radical cation; catalysis; distonic ion; free radical; iminium ion; photoredox; visible light

• oxidants [12][13][14], metal-catalyzed oxidation [15][16][17][18], UV light-mediated photochemistry [7][19][20][21], and visible light-mediated photochemistry [22][23]. Recently, the last approach has become a major research focus in organic chemistry. The enthusiasm surrounding this approach is partially

Continuous flow photocyclization of stilbenes – scalable synthesis of functionalized phenanthrenes and helicenes

• Quentin Lefebvre,
• Marc Jentsch and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1883–1890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.221

• visible light in the presence of a sensitizer [22], but, to the best of our knowledge, no reports on broadly applicable light-induced oxidative photocyclizations in flow are known. Herein, we report the first photocyclization of polysubstituted olefins using a continuous flow process and discuss

Bromination of hydrocarbons with CBr₄, initiated by light-emitting diode irradiation

• Yuta Nishina,
• Bunsho Ohtani and
• Kotaro Kikushima

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1663–1667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.190

• , red line) [31]. It was found that the present reaction was promoted by irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light and deactivated under visible-light (>475 nm) irradiation. CBr4 shows strong absorption in the UV region (Figure 1, blue line), and this overlaps with the above-mentioned action spectrum. The

Organotellurium-mediated living radical polymerization under photoirradiation by a low-intensity light-emitting diode

• Yasuyuki Nakamura and
• Shigeru Yamago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1607–1612, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.183

• -emitting diode; living radical polymerization; organotellurium compound; photopolymerization; tellurium; visible light; Introduction Living radical polymerization (LRP) is one of the most powerful methods for the synthesis of structurally well-defined polymers because of its robustness and high

Metal-free aerobic oxidations mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide. A concise review

• Lucio Melone and
• Carlo Punta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1296–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.146

• the photocatalytic oxidative activation of NHPI by graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and visible light irradiation [65]. g-C3N4, the most stable allotrope of carbon nitride, is a two-dimensional polymer with a tri-s-triazine ring unit and a π-conjugated layered structure similar to graphene. It is a

• medium-band-gap semiconductor and has proved to be an efficient photocatalyst for synthetic purposes [66][67]. It has been demonstrated that the excited state of g-C3N4, obtained by irradiation with visible light, is able to activate O2 to the corresponding superoxide radical. The latter could undergo

• hydrogen abstraction from NHPI, leading to the generation of PINO. This approach was successfully applied to promote the visible-light-induced metal-free oxidation of allylic substrates (Scheme 23). Other initiators In their ongoing research dedicated to NHPI activation towards the aerobic oxidation of

Camera-enabled techniques for organic synthesis

• Steven V. Ley,
• Richard J. Ingham,
• Matthew O’Brien and
• Duncan L. Browne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1051–1072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.118

• image capture and computer processing can be integrated into commercial devices for a fraction of the cost of an equivalent visible-light spectrometer. The developing shift from power-hungry desktop processors towards low-power, portable, yet still powerful, processors designed for smartphones and

New core-pyrene π structure organophotocatalysts usable as highly efficient photoinitiators

• Sofia Telitel,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Thomas Faury,
• Bernadette Graff,
• Mohamad-Ali Tehfe,
• Didier Gigmes,
• Jean-Pierre Fouassier and
• Jacques Lalevée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 877–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.101

• photopolymerization reactions in radiation curing technologies are often carried out under high-intensity light sources (>1000 mW cm−2). Applications in this area and in other fields may require to avoid the use of UV rays delivered by Hg lamps or to irradiate with visible light (400–700 nm) and low photon fluxes (~2

• polymerization (ROP) under exposure to the near-UV–vis light delivered by a Hg–Xe lamp (~30 mW cm−2) and the visible light of a halogen lamp (soft irradiation conditions; ~10 mW cm−2) is investigated. The Co_Pys are used in combination with additives: iodonium or sulfonium salts for ROP and amine or/and alkyl

3-Pyridylnitrene, 2- and 4-pyrimidinylcarbenes, 3-quinolylnitrenes, and 4-quinazolinylcarbenes. Interconversion, ring expansion to diazacycloheptatetraenes, ring opening to nitrile ylides, and ring contraction to cyanopyrroles and cyanoindoles

• Curt Wentrup,
• Nguyen Mong Lan,
• Adelheid Lukosch,
• Pawel Bednarek and
• David Kvaskoff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 743–753, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.84

• visible light where required. Analytical gas chromatography used a 10% OV 17 column programmed at 120–180 °C at 2°/min with N2 as carrier gas at 0.6 bar. Preparative gas chromatography used a 20% Carbowax column at 200 °C with H2 as carrier gas at 60 mL/min. Materials 3-Azidopyridine (9) [34][35], 2-(5

NHC-catalysed highly selective aerobic oxidation of nonactivated aldehydes

• Lennart Möhlmann,
• Stefan Ludwig and
• Siegfried Blechert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 602–607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.65

• of carbinols to aldehydes or ketones using oxygen, visible light and mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4) polymer as a metal-free photocatalyst [4]. As an extension of this method we were interested in a consecutive organocatalytic process using an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) together with

Polymerization of novel methacrylated anthraquinone dyes

• Christian Dollendorf,
• Susanne Katharina Kreth,
• Soo Whan Choi and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 453–459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.48

• applications like iris implants, the dyes and the corresponding polymers have to be biocompatible (ISO 11979-5) [33][34][35]. To analyze the photosensitivity of the materials, the dye-containing polymers were preserved in a sodium chloride solution at 35 °C and exposed to irradiation with visible light (3 mW