Metal-free hydrogen evolution cross-coupling enabled by synergistic photoredox and polarity reversal catalysis
Jilei Cao, Xiaona Yang, Lishuang Ma, Kanghui Lu, Rong Zhou
Abstract
A visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution cross-coupling of silanes with H 2 O, alcohols, phenols, and silanols via synergistic combination of photoredox and polarity reversal catalysis has been developed.
Topics & Concepts
Photoredox catalysisPolarity (international relations)CatalysisPhotocatalysisPhotochemistryPolarity reversalSilanesChemistryCoupling (piping)MetalHydrogenVisible spectrumPhenolsMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsVoltageMetallurgyPhysicsBiochemistryQuantum mechanicsSilaneCellAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRadical Photochemical ReactionsSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques