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Visible Light Photocatalysis in Organic Synthesis

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 401

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1. Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science and Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: green synthesis; photoredox catalysis; flow synthesis; total synthesis; green process development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Visible light photocatalysis has witnessed dramatic developments over the past decade. Through activation with visible light, a photocatalyst can function as a single-electron redox mediator, a hydrogen atom abstractor, or facilitate energy transfer to activate a diverse range of organic substrates, which enables previously inaccessible transformations. Beyond this, in other additional photocatalyst-free reactions, the transition metal species or the formed electron donor-acceptor complex could be irradiated under visible light, which promotes new radical-initiated transformation. Visible light photocatalysis offers enormous opportunities to access to valuable complex molecules in a highly efficient manner.  

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform to highlight the recent advances in this field of visible light photocatalysis in organic synthesis. Topics include but are not limited to photoredox catalysis, hydrogen atom transfer, energy transfer, visible-light-induced transition metal catalysis, electron donor–acceptor, heterogeneous catalysis, and flow synthesis. Communications, articles, and reviews on the abovementioned topics are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Hongping Deng
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • photoredox catalysis
  • energy transfer
  • hydrogen atom transfer
  • visible-light induced transition metal catalysis
  • electron donor–acceptor
  • heterogenous catalysis
  • flow synthesis

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