Reductive Electrophotocatalysis: Merging Electricity and Light To Achieve Extreme Reduction Potentials

2020/01/17 by Hyunwoo Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Tristan H. Lambert +1 · 6 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · #Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies #Radical Photochemical Reactions #Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

paper · doi:10.1021/jacs.9b10678

openalex publication_date 2020/01/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We describe a new electrophotocatalytic strategy that harnesses the power of light and electricity to generate an excited radical anion with a reducing potential of −3.2 V vs SCE, which can be used to activate substrates with very high reduction potentials ( E red ≈ −1.9 to −2.9 V). The resultant aryl radicals can be engaged in various synthetically useful transformations to furnish arylboronate, arylstannane, and biaryl products.

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