A unified photoredox-catalysis strategy for C(sp3)–H hydroxylation and amidation using hypervalent iodine† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02773g Click here for additional data file.

Room temperature C(sp2)–H oxidative chlorination via photoredox catalysis† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03010j Click here for additional data file.

Photoredox catalysis has been developed to achieve oxidative C-H chlorination of aromatic compounds using NaCl as the chlorine source and Na2S2O8 as the oxidant. The reactions occur at room temperature and exhibit exclusive selectivity for C(sp2)-H bonds over C(sp3)-H bonds. The method has been used for the chlorination of a diverse set of substrates, including the expedited synthesis of key in...

Metal-free di- and tri-fluoromethylation of alkenes realized by visible-light-induced perylene photoredox catalysis† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details, spectral data, and crystallographic results. CCDC 1533276 and 1533274. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01703k Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

Photoredox-mediated Minisci C–H alkylation of N-heteroarenes using boronic acids and hypervalent iodine† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c6sc02653b Click here for additional data file.

A photoredox-mediated Minisci C–H alkylation reaction of N-heteroarenes with alkyl boronic acids is reported. A broad range of primary and secondary alkyl groups can be efficiently incorporated into various N-heteroarenes using [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as photocatalyst and acetoxybenziodoxole as oxidant under mild conditions. The reaction exhibits excellent substrate scope and functional group tolerance, ...

Room temperature decarboxylative cyanation of carboxylic acids using photoredox catalysis and cyanobenziodoxolones: a divergent mechanism compared to alkynylation† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c6sc04907a Click here for additional data file.

Photoredox mediated nickel catalyzed C(sp3)–H thiocarbonylation of ethers† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details and full characterization of substrates and products. Crystallographic data for compound [Ni-II]. CCDC 1516709. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02516e Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

The first direct C(sp)–H thiocarbonylation reaction is achieved by visible light photoredox/Ni dual catalysis. The thioester group of thiobenzoate is transferred to the a-oxy carbon of various cyclic/acyclic ethers, which is the opposite to the commonly expected chemical reactivity involving acyl group transfer via the weaker C(acyl)–S activation. Through mechanistic studies, we proposed that t...