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Metal‐Free, Cooperative Asymmetric Organophotoredox Catalysis with Visible Light
Author(s) -
Neumann Matthias,
Füldner Stefan,
König Burkhard,
Zeitler Kirsten
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201002992
Subject(s) - xanthene , eosin y , photochemistry , catalysis , metal , rendering (computer graphics) , chemistry , alkylation , photocatalysis , organic chemistry , computer science , computer graphics (images)
The dawn of old stars : Classic xanthene dyes like eosin Y (gr. εoς=goddess of dawn) and green‐light irradiation can replace precious metal complexes for the organocatalytic asymmetric α‐alkylation of aldehydes, thus rendering the process purely organic.