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A Retrosynthetic Approach for Photocatalysis
Author(s) -
Petzold Daniel,
Giedyk Maciej,
Chatterjee Anamitra,
König Burkhard
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201901421
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , retrosynthetic analysis , chemistry , photoredox catalysis , disconnection , nanotechnology , biochemical engineering , catalysis , organic chemistry , engineering , political science , total synthesis , materials science , law
Visible‐light‐mediated chemical reactions have become very popular within the last 15 years. Many excellent reviews have summarized reaction principles and recent results in photochemistry and photocatalysis. However, despite their popularity photochemistry and photoredox catalysis are not regular parts of the bachelor and master curriculum of chemistry education. As a consequence, most chemists will use in synthesis planning classic retrosynthetic disconnections and only rarely consider photocatalytic steps. The aim of this article is to be a useful tool for synthetic chemists, that are interested in the synthetic aspects of photocatalysis and looking for a specific retrosynthetic disconnection. Not only are informative schemes provided but also are the availability of the catalysts and reagents as well as the functional group tolerance of the respective method briefly discussed.