ReviewACS catalysis2025
Catalysis in the Excited State: Bringing Innate Transition Metal Photochemistry into Play.
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- Number and Position of Methoxy Substituents Govern Photophysics and Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Earth-Abundant Cu(I) Complexes.ChemSusChem · 2026Article
- Converting 1,1-Bisborylalkanes into 1,2-Bisborylalkanes Enabled by Iron Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT) Photocatalysis.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Direct Quantum Yield Measurement of a Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Photocatalyst via Cyclic Voltammetry.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Photocatalysts for the decarboxylation conversion of C(spRSC advances · 2026Review
- Direct Readout of Excited-State Lifetimes in Chlorin Chromophores under Electronic Strong Coupling.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Expanding Thermodynamic and Kinetic Frontiers in Molecular Photocatalysis.ACS central science · 2026Review
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- Dual-role iron species in photoelectrocatalytic radical trifluoromethylation with trifluoroacetates.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Leveraging Divergent Ligand-to-Metal Charge-Transfer Excited State Pathways for Catalyst Control over Alkoxyl Radical Reactivity.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Accessing Molecular Complexity from Methane and Other Gaseous Alkanes via Photocatalytic Cascade Cyclization.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Sulfonyl-Directed Photoinduced Dehydro-Diels-Alder Reaction of Aryl Maleimides: Enabling Regioselective Naphthalene Synthesis.JACS Au · 2026Article
- Visible-Light Mediated Activation of 1,3-Dienes and Allenes via Energy Transfers.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
- LMCT-Driven Iron Photocatalysis: Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Applications.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
- Privileged Chiral Photocatalysts.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Review
- Unlocking Chromium Decarboxylative Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer: Efficient and Redox-Neutral Allylation of Aldehydes Using Carboxylic Acids.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Sterically Induced Acceleration of Aryl Halide Activation by Pd(0): A Radical Alternative to 2-Electron Oxidative Addition.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Molecular Design Principles for Photoactive Transition Metal Complexes: A Guide for "Photo-Motivated" Chemists.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Review
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Abstract
Transition metal catalysis is an indispensable tool for organic synthesis that has been harnessed, modulated, and perfected for many decades by careful selection of metal centers and ligands, giving rise to synthetic methods with unparalleled efficiency and chemoselectivity. Recent developments have demonstrated how light irradiation can also be recruited as a powerful tool to dramatically alter the outcome of catalytic reactions, providing access to innovative pathways with remarkable synthetic potential. In this context, the adoption of photochemical conditions as a mainstream strategy to drive organic reactions has unveiled exciting opportunities to exploit the rich excited-state framework of transition metals for catalytic applications. This Perspective examines advances in the application of transition metal complexes as standalone photocatalysts, exploiting the innate reactivity of their excited states beyond their common use as photoredox catalysts. An account of relevant examples is dissected to provide a discussion on the electronic reorganization, the orbitals involved, and the associated reactivity of different types of excited states. This analysis aims to provide practitioners with fundamental principles and guiding strategies to understand, design, and apply light-activation strategies to homogeneous transition metal catalysis for organic synthesis.
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