Sensitization-initiated electron transfer <i>via</i> upconversion: mechanism and photocatalytic applications
Felix Glaser, Christoph Kerzig, Oliver S. Wenger
Abstract
-dimethylaniline as a sacrificial reductant, all photochemical reaction steps proceed with remarkable rates and efficiencies, and this system is furthermore suitable for photocatalytic aryl dehalogenations, pinacol couplings and detosylation reactions. The insights presented here are relevant for the further rational development of photoredox processes based on multi-photon excitation, and they could have important implications in the greater contexts of synthetic photochemistry and solar energy conversion.
Topics & Concepts
Photon upconversionPhotocatalysisMechanism (biology)SensitizationElectron transferExcitationPhotochemistryChemistryNanotechnologyElectronPhotonMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsCatalysisPhysicsEngineeringOpticsElectrical engineeringDopingOrganic chemistryNeuroscienceBiologyQuantum mechanicsRadical Photochemical ReactionsCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsOxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions