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What’s Golden: Recent Advances in Organic Transformations Using Photoredox Gold Catalysis

Abstract

Light-mediated photoredox transformations have become commonplace in contemporary catalysis research and design. Excited-state redox catalysts trigger photoinduced electron transfers (PET) through oxidative or reductive quenching modes, allowing access to one-electron variations of classic radical reactions and the discovery of new transformations in organic chemistry. Herein, the use of Au-based photoredox catalysts containing powerful redox properties along with the emergence of dual catalyzed organic transformations involving photoredox catalysis and Au complexes for the Au(I)/Au(III) redox couple without use of stoichiometric oxidants will be discussed.

1 Principles of Photochemistry and Gold

2 Photoredox Transformations with Dimeric Gold Complexes

3 Dual Catalysis Involving Au(I)/Au(III) Redox Cycles

4 Concluding Remarks

Key words

photoredox catalysis - gold - photochemistry - heterocycles - organic transformations - Au(I)/Au(III) catalyzed couplings

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