CC BY 4.0 · SynOpen 2024; 08(04): 232-246
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1720146
graphical review

Photochemical and Photocatalytic Deracemization Reactions

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Seyed Mohammad Arabi Zanjani
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Tara Afshar Moghadam
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Abstract

Under photochemical conditions using an appropriate chiral catalyst, racemic mixtures of compounds can be converted into enantioenriched mixtures through distinguished pathways known as photochemical and photocatalytic deracemization reactions. In this graphical review, we highlight photochemical deracemization reactions that proceed in the presence of light as the key element along with a suitable chiral photocatalyst.



Publication History

Received: 25 May 2024

Accepted after revision: 07 August 2024

Article published online:
14 October 2024

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