How have photochemists approached the design of chiral photocatalysts? Matt, Jesse, and Wes have thoughts in their new comprehensive review in Chem Rev.
papers
Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Chromophore Activation
Evan, Matt, and Bohyun investigated a novel strategy for highly enantioselective organocatalytic photochemistry in which no individual reaction component absorbs light. Very pleased to announce the publication of this collaborative project with the Baik group …
Oxidative Alkene Functionalizations
Nic and Grace have developed a protocol for intramolecular oxidative functionalization of sterically bulky alkenes with diverse heteronucleophiles as a way to show that photoredox catalysis can address long-standing limitations of transition metal catalyzed processes. …
Cyclobutaneboronate ester building blocks
Congratulations to Spencer, Jesse, Luca, Rowan, and Niecia! Their paper on the photosensitized synthesis of complex cyclobutane boronate esters is now online at Org Lett.
Photochemical Oxidase Review
Nic thought a lot about how to design photochemical oxidation reactions during his PhD, and his analysis is part of this great tutorial review in Chem Soc Rev.
A New Kochi-Solomon Catalyst
Chris and Luis discovered a new catalyst system that improves the scope of the Kochi-Salomon reaction. Now online at ACIE!
Divergent Photoreactions of Ketones
Jian and Xiao’s study of the divergent reactions of benzoylformates is online at Org Lett! This paper shows how the rational choice of reaction conditions can partition a photocatalytic reaction between photoredox and triplet sensitization …
Diversity and Inclusion in Organic Chemistry
Tehshik co-authored an Editorial with Sarah Reisman, Richmond Sarpong, and Matt Sigman that has been jointly published by JOC, OL, Organometallics, and ACS Central Science as a rebuttal to the recent Hudlicky Perspective article. We …
LED-NMR Monitoring of Fast Photocatalytic Reactions
Kaz and Wes’ work on the use of the LED-NMR setup in our NMR facility is online at ChemPhotoChem. A fun collaboration with Heike Hofstetter, the assistant director of the UW-Madison Chemistry Department NMR facility.
Bronsted acid triplet activation
Evan and Hoimin’s discovery of Bronsted acid catalyzed triplet sensitization is online at Chem Sci. This third chapter in our triplet activation story is again in collaboration with the Baik group at KAIST.