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Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

  • Merve Karaman,
  • Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
  • Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
  • Tomas Matulaitis,
  • Lorenzo Mardegan,
  • Daniel Tordera,
  • Henk J. Bolink,
  • Sen Wu,
  • Stuart Warriner,
  • Ifor D. Samuel and
  • Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

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  • the non-doped device, at 2.0% demonstrated 100% exciton utilization efficiency in the device and efficient energy transfer from the host to the guest cyanine emitter. Deep blue emission in LEECs is challenging. We also reported a blue-emitting LEEC employing a cationic sulfone-based donor–acceptor
  • presence of emissive aggregates in the emissive layer [19]. Interestingly, in the host–guest system the energy transfer is not complete and both molecules are responsible for the electroluminescence, with a λEL at 586 nm, between the emission of the neat films. JVL characterization (from −2 to 8 V) was
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Published 22 Sep 2022

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters: sensing and boosting spin-flipping by aggregation

  • Ashish Kumar Mazumdar,
  • Gyana Prakash Nanda,
  • Nisha Yadav,
  • Upasana Deori,
  • Upasha Acharyya,
  • Bahadur Sk and
  • Pachaiyappan Rajamalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1177–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.122

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  • developed mainly by focusing on photophysical processes, such as photoinduced electron transfer (PET), excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), etc. [21][22][24][25]. Several literature reports have also demonstrated the switching of fluorescence
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Published 08 Sep 2022

Radical cation Diels–Alder reactions of arylidene cycloalkanes

  • Kaii Nakayama,
  • Hidehiro Kamiya and
  • Yohei Okada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1100–1106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.112

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  • trend is observed in photosensitized [2 + 2] cycloadditions [48]. Since their report was not a [4 + 2] but a [2 + 2] reaction and they proposed an energy transfer mechanism as opposed to an electron transfer pathway, it cannot be directly compared to our results. Even so, it would be fair to say that
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Published 25 Aug 2022

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • be performed. Supramolecular systems based on non-covalent interactions have drawn considerable attention in assembling efficient light harvesting systems (LHSs) in the last decade [60][61]. Significant attention has been centered to construct artificial LHSs via FRET (fluorescence resonance energy
  • transfer) that include organic materials and supramolecular assemblies. Recently, FRET phenomena have been successfully demonstrated in supramolecular architectures based on metal organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks [62][63][64]. However, poor solubility of such polymeric systems in common
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Published 27 May 2022

Tetraphenylethylene-embedded pillar[5]arene-based orthogonal self-assembly for efficient photocatalysis in water

  • Zhihang Bai,
  • Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
  • Xueqi Tian,
  • Minzan Zuo,
  • Kaiya Wang and
  • Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 429–437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.45

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  • intramolecular phenyl-ring rotations and functioned as an ideal donor. After the loading of eosin Y (EsY) as acceptor on the surface of the assembly of m-TPEWP5 and G, the worm-like nanostructures changed into nanorods, which facilitates a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the m-TPEWP5 and G
  • photosynthesis and exhibited a high catalytic efficiency for the photocatalytic dehalogenation reaction of various bromoketone derivatives with good yields in short reaction time in water. Keywords: aggregation-induced emission; Förster resonance energy transfer; host–guest interaction; photocatalysis
  • chemical energy [4][5][6]. Mainly, both antenna molecules and proteins on the thylakoid membrane are combined to form a light-harvesting system through noncovalent interactions. Inspired by photosynthesis, extensive research has been devoted to construct energy transfer systems for the better utilization
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Published 13 Apr 2022

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

  • Yajing Zhang,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Zongsheng Yan,
  • Donglai Ma and
  • Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

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  • chemical energy via photosynthesis [1]. Photochemical reactions mimic natural photosynthesis, and photoredox catalysis plays a key role in energy-transfer processes [2][3][4][5]. Over the past decades, photoredox catalysis has attracted an increasing amount of attention [6][7][8][9], and a series of
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Published 12 Oct 2021

Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization

  • Lusina Mantry,
  • Rajaram Maayuri,
  • Vikash Kumar and
  • Parthasarathy Gandeepan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143

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  • reaction times (24–96 h). The authors proposed a catalytic cycle to account for the mode of operation as depicted in Figure 5 [57]. Thus, the in situ-generated nickel(0) complex 5-III undergoes oxidative addition into aryl bromide 3a to form nickel(II) complex 5-IV. The triplet–triplet energy transfer from
  • products were observed when unsubstituted and electron-rich aryl bromides were used. Based on their experimental results, the authors proposed that a triplet–triplet energy transfer occurs between the nickel(II)–aryl species 7-IV and the excited acridinium photocatalyst *Mes-Acr-Me+ 7-II (Figure 7) [64
  • involves an energy-transfer pathway generating an electronically excited nickel complex as a key reactive intermediate (Figure 11). Photochemical nickel catalysis was used to synthesize 1,1-diarylalkanes 39 from unactivated alkyl bromides 38 and aryl bromides 3 through a reductive migratory cross-coupling
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Published 31 Aug 2021

Synthesis of 10-O-aryl-substituted berberine derivatives by Chan–Evans–Lam coupling and investigation of their DNA-binding properties

  • Peter Jonas Wickhorst,
  • Mathilda Blachnik,
  • Denisa Lagumdzija and
  • Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 991–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.81

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  • monitoring of the temperature-dependent Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the dyes [46]. The particular oligonucleotide sequences were chosen because they are known to be involved in biologically relevant processes, namely in the transcription regulation of myc (FmycT) [47][48], kit (FkitT
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Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis

  • Minzan Zuo,
  • Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
  • Kaiya Wang,
  • Xueqi Tian and
  • Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15

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  • with various macrocyclic hosts as well as on the role of macrocyclic-hosts-assisted hybrid materials in energy transfer. To keep the clarity of this review, the macrocycles are categorized into the most commonly used supramolecular hosts, including crown ethers, cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils
  • -assisted hybrid materials in energy transfer. To date, several supramolecular hosts have been developed that can provide defined properties of, and exert catalytic control on reactive substrates (guests) [7][8][9]. To keep the clarity, we categorized this into the five most universally used important
  • supramolecular hosts to recognize guests through hydrophobicity, π–π stacking, cation–π interactions, ion–dipole interactions, etc. [31][32]. Due to the cavity-shape limitation of calixarenes, most calixarene-based photocatalytic systems are mainly based on the fabrication of hybrid materials for energy transfer
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Published 18 Jan 2021

Control over size, shape, and photonics of self-assembled organic nanocrystals

  • Chen Shahar,
  • Yaron Tidhar,
  • Yunmin Jung,
  • Haim Weissman,
  • Sidney R. Cohen,
  • Ronit Bitton,
  • Iddo Pinkas,
  • Gilad Haran and
  • Boris Rybtchinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 42–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.5

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  • upon drying, as was evidenced by TEM and atom force microscopy. Photophysical studies, including femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, revealed a distinct influence of the ONC morphology on their photonic properties (excitation energy transfer was observed only in the high-aspect ONCs
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Published 06 Jan 2021

Molecular basis for protein–protein interactions

  • Brandon Charles Seychell and
  • Tobias Beck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.1

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  • resonance (SPR) spectroscopy [27][28], gel filtration [29], isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) [30][31], fluorescence resonance energy transfer [32], and microscale thermophoresis [33]. In SPR spectroscopy, one of the protein molecules that make up the complex is first immobilised on a metal surface
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Published 04 Jan 2021

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

  • Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

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  • intensities of absorption or emission at two wavelengths minimizes the error from the physical or chemical fluctuations in the sample. Conventional peptide probes based on environment-sensitive fluorophores [20][21][22], fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pairs [13] and pyrene excimer/monomer [23
  • ). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) relies on the distance-dependent transfer of energy from a donor fluorophore to an acceptor fluorophore. Genetically encoded fluorophores, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP) and related blue, cyan, yellow and red fluorescent proteins have provided the ability
  • arms attached through their C-terminus to a central lysine. Two heparin sensors 10 and 11 are developed by attaching the N-terminus of the peptide beacon with pyrenes and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pair (naphthalene and dansyl), respectively for ratiometric detection of heparin
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Published 03 Dec 2020

Changed reactivity of secondary hydroxy groups in C8-modified adenosine – lessons learned from silylation

  • Jennifer Frommer and
  • Sabine Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2854–2861, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.234

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  • nucleic acids via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) [20]. More recently, we started an effort to develop an efficient strategy for the preparation of a linker-modified adenosine building block, which in a future project is to be used for post synthetic conjugation of reporters or functional
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Published 23 Nov 2020

Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives

  • Jonas Becher,
  • Daria V. Berdnikova,
  • Heiko Ihmels and
  • Christopher Stremmel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230

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  • experiments. For that purpose, the DNA melting temperature Tm of the dye-labeled oligonucleotides F21T and Fa2T (for sequence see caption of Figure 2) was monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy, as the thermally induced unfolding of the quadruplex disrupts the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between
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Published 18 Nov 2020

Encrypting messages with artificial bacterial receptors

  • Pragati Kishore Prasad,
  • Naama Lahav-Mankovski,
  • Leila Motiei and
  • David Margulies

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2749–2756, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.225

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  • receptors is described. We show that the binding of DNA-based artificial receptors to E. coli expressing His-tagged outer membrane protein C (His-OmpC) induces a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the dyes, which results in the generation of a unique fluorescence fingerprint. Because the
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Published 12 Nov 2020

Optical detection of di- and triphosphate anions with mixed monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles containing zinc(II)–dipicolylamine complexes

  • Lena Reinke,
  • Julia Bartl,
  • Marcus Koch and
  • Stefan Kubik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2687–2700, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.219

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  • quenched in the absence of the analyte by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). In the latter case, the analyte binding either causes the chromophore to dissociate from the nanoparticle, if it is bound noncovalently (indicator displacement), or to move away from the metal surface as a consequence of a
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Published 02 Nov 2020

Water-soluble host–guest complexes between fullerenes and a sugar-functionalized tribenzotriquinacene assembling to microspheres

  • Si-Yuan Liu,
  • Xin-Rui Wang,
  • Man-Ping Li,
  • Wen-Rong Xu and
  • Dietmar Kuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2551–2561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.207

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  • concentration of the fullerenes C60 and C70 increase, the emission is significantly quenched, indicating the photoinduced energy transfer from TBTQ-(OG)6 to the fullerenes [47][48]. Molar ratio plots (see Figure S16, Supporting Information File 1) on the basis of the fluorescence titration experiments suggested
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Published 14 Oct 2020

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

  • Callum Prentice,
  • James Morrisson,
  • Andrew D. Smith and
  • Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

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  • electron transfer (SET) steps photoinitiated using visible light as the energy source, often leading to the generation of radicals and subsequent reaction of these radicals with the ground-state substrates [3]. Energy transfer catalysis is another significant branch of photocatalysis, in which
  • enantioselectivities (17 examples, up to 91:9 er). Bach proposes for their reaction that an external ruthenium photocatalyst generates the triplet excited state iminium ion through an energy transfer process, which is also observed by Alemán when using an external transition metal-based sensitiser. Tertiary amine
  • acid so that a Dexter energy transfer process is possible from the photocatalyst to the substrate to promote 155 into its triplet state, which can then cyclise with 156 to give enantioenriched cycloaddition products 158. The selectivity of this reaction is generally low (6 examples, up to 93:7 er, 67
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Published 29 Sep 2020

Photosensitized direct C–H fluorination and trifluoromethylation in organic synthesis

  • Shahboz Yakubov and
  • Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2151–2192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.183

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  • reactions. Keywords: C–H activation; energy transfer; fluorination; photocatalysis; photosensitization; visible light; Review 1 Introduction 1.1 Importance of direct C–H fluorination/trifluoromethylation and photosensitization in organic synthesis 1.1.1 Importance of fluorine atoms in organic molecules
  • which the excited state photocatalyst participates directly in HAT with the substrate (Scheme 2B), herein termed PHAT [88]. iii) Photochemical reactions where the photosensitization catalyst (PSCat) engages in Dexter energy transfer (typically TTET) with the substrate (or fluorinating reagent) to induce
  • a chemical reaction (Scheme 2C). This mechanistic class of PS TTET reactions is the focus of our review. PRC and PHAT processes are commonly grouped under the umbrella term “photocatalysis” in the literature, while PS TTET processes are often referred to as “energy transfer” [86]. 1.1.4 PRC vs
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Published 03 Sep 2020

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

  • Lucas Guillemard and
  • Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

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  • ) [38][39], and more recently, organic compounds (cyanoarenes, xanthenes, thiazines, pyryliums or acridiniums) [40], emerged. These molecules capable of harvesting visible light from simple household bulbs or easily accessible LEDs, opened the door towards the design of numerous electron or energy
  • -transfer-type reactions under mild conditions and in the absence of toxic radical precursors [44][45][46]. Considering, on one hand, the fundamentally appealing properties of both, metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization reactions and visible-light-induced photocatalysis, and, on the other hand, their
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Published 21 Jul 2020

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

  • Christopher G. Thomson,
  • Ai-Lan Lee and
  • Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

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  • depth of the photon penetration and provide more charge separation events. Upconversion photocatalysis is an emerging field of research that utilises near-infrared (NIR) radiation to penetrate deep into a reaction medium or material [50]. Multiple NIR photons are then combined through energy transfer
  • within the proximity required for an electron transfer or energy transfer process to occur. Substrate reduction and oxidation by an excited electron and hole, respectively, returns the semiconductor to its initial state and activates the substrate to further reactivity at the surface or in the bulk
  • discussion of the advantages and disadvantages to guide the reader in selecting the reactor best suited to their system. Following this, in Section 4, we review the recent applications of HPCats in flow reactors for synthetic organic chemistry through photoredox catalysis (PRC, Section 4.1) and energy
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Published 26 Jun 2020

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

  • Stephanie G. E. Amos,
  • Marion Garreau,
  • Luca Buzzetti and
  • Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

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  • central role in the rapid expansion of photocatalytic methods [12]. These catalysts typically absorb light in the blue region and promote different activation modes, including photoinduced electron transfer (PET) and energy transfer (EnT), which respectively lead to the formation of open-shell and
  • devoted to activated organic substrates generated by energy transfer. C(sp) radicals will not be discussed. To the best of our knowledge, no report on an organophotocatalyzed generation of a C(sp) species has been disclosed yet. Each presented approach will be accompanied by one selected example, which we
  • excited state of the photocatalyst engages in SET or energy transfer events with suitable cocatalysts for hydrogen shuttling, such as thiols. This results in the formation of active species that promote the H abstraction from the substrates. MacMillan exploited this strategy for the deuteration and
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Published 29 May 2020

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

  • Naveen Masimukku,
  • Dalius Gudeika,
  • Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
  • Ihor Syvorotka,
  • Rasa Keruckiene,
  • Dmytro Volyniuk and
  • Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

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  • , high singlet and triplet energies (higher than those of the guest) are required for host compounds for qualifying host–guest energy transfer, thus implying restrict of the emissive excitons on the TADF emitters [11]. High glass-transition temperatures are also required for increasing the morphological
  • energy transfer from hosts 3, 4, and 6 to DACT-II in the emitting layers of devices A–C. However, the changes in EL colors of the fabricated devices were not significant meaning that the EL spectra represent DACT-II emission according to the corresponding CIE coordinates (Table 3). Low turn-on voltages
  • devices A–C displaying similar host performances of the compounds 3, 4 and 6 (Figure 6c, Table 3). Maximum EQE values of 3–3.2% were observed for devices A–C. The rather low EQE values of devices A–C can be explained by the following reasons: 1) incomplete energy transfer from hosts to the guest; 2
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Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

  • Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
  • Luely Oliveira da Silva,
  • Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
  • Timothy John Brocksom and
  • Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

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  • , 68502-100, Brazil 10.3762/bjoc.16.83 Abstract In this review we present relevant and recent applications of porphyrin derivatives as photocatalysts in organic synthesis, involving both single electron transfer (SET) and energy transfer (ET) mechanistic approaches. We demonstrate that these highly
  • renewal of porphyrin applications in photocatalysis. Finally, the reaction scale in which the methodologies were developed are highlighted since this is an important parameter in the authors’ opinion. Keywords: energy transfer; photocatalysis; photooxygenation; photoredox; porphyrins; Introduction In
  • adequate tuning of the porphyrin properties can enable them to absorb light in almost all of the UV–vis spectral range. Porphyrins also have elevated molar absorptivity (ca 105 L·mol−1·cm−1) and appropriate electronic levels for both energy transfer (ET) and single electron transfer (SET) in many
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Published 06 May 2020

Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations

  • Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
  • Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
  • Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76

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  • capable to induce other types of reactions, such as hydrogen atom abstraction (HAT) processes or triplet state energy transfer processes (EnT). Carbonyl compounds, especially diaryl ketones, have shown great potential as far as their catalytic scope is concerned. Benzophenone or acetophenone (64) and
  • examples where aldehydes were employed as photoinitiators in organic synthesis. Review Photophysical properties of carbonyl compounds The interest in the interaction of aldehydes with light to promote reactions can be traced many years back. In 1966, Davies and co-worker studied the energy transfer from
  • (Scheme 15) [50]. Among the compounds tested, 1-naphthaldehyde (63) provided a photostationary mixture rich in the trans-diene (trans/cis ratio ≈ 13). A year later, the same group further studied the cis/trans isomerization of the piperylenes 61 and 62 utilizing energy transfer from the triplet states of
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