Issue 25, 2018

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

Abstract

Photocatalysis, the use of light to promote organic transformations, is a field of catalysis that has received limited attention despite existing for over 100 years. With the revolution of photoredox catalysis in 2008, the rebirth or awakening of the field of photoorganocatalysis has brought new ideas and reactions to organic synthesis. This review will focus on the sudden outburst of literature regarding the use of small organic molecules as photocatalysts after 2013. In particular, it will focus on acridinium salts, benzophenones, pyrylium salts, thioxanthone derivatives, phenylglyoxylic acid, BODIPYs, flavin derivatives, and classes of organic molecules as catalysts for the photocatalytic generation of C–C and C–X bonds.

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

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
26 Mar 2018
Accepted
29 May 2018
First published
29 May 2018

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 4596-4614

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

I. K. Sideri, E. Voutyritsa and C. G. Kokotos, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 4596 DOI: 10.1039/C8OB00725J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements