Standout Papers

Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: A... 2008 2026 2014 2020 7.9k
  1. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis (2013)
    Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic et al. Chemical Reviews
  2. Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry (2016)
    Megan H. Shaw, Jack Twilton et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  3. Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes (2008)
    David A. Nicewicz, David W. C. MacMillan Science
  4. The advent and development of organocatalysis (2008)
    David W. C. MacMillan Nature
  5. The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis (2017)
    Jack Twilton, Chi “Chip” Le et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry
  6. Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp 3 -carbons with aryl halides (2014)
    Zhiwei Zuo, Derek T. Ahneman et al. Science
  7. New Strategies for Organic Catalysis:  The First Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels−Alder Reaction (2000)
    Kateri A. Ahrendt, Christopher J. Borths et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  8. Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes by means of photoredox catalysis (2011)
    David A. Nagib, David W. C. MacMillan Nature
  9. Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis (2021)
    Amy Chan, Ian B. Perry et al. Chemical Reviews
  10. Synergistic catalysis: A powerful synthetic strategy for new reaction development (2012)
    Anna Allen, David W. C. MacMillan Chemical Science
  11. Discovery of an α-Amino C–H Arylation Reaction Using the Strategy of Accelerated Serendipity (2011)
    Andrew McNally, Christopher K. Prier et al. Science
  12. Enantioselective α-Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes via Photoredox Organocatalysis (2009)
    David A. Nagib, Mark E. Scott et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  13. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Reductive Amination (2005)
    Richard Storer, Diane E. Carrera et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  14. Alcohols as alkylating agents in heteroarene C–H functionalization (2015)
    Jian Jin, David W. C. MacMillan Nature
  15. Enantioselective Organo-Cascade Catalysis (2005)
    Yong Huang, Abbas M. Walji et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  16. The First Direct and Enantioselective Cross-Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes (2002)
    Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society
  17. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Indole Alkylations. Design of a New and Highly Effective Chiral Amine for Iminium Catalysis (2002)
    David W. C. MacMillan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  18. Native functionality in triple catalytic cross-coupling: sp 3 C–H bonds as latent nucleophiles (2016)
    Megan H. Shaw, Valerie W. Shurtleff et al. Science
  19. Switching on elusive organometallic mechanisms with photoredox catalysis (2015)
    Jack A. Terrett, James D. Cuthbertson et al. Nature
  20. Aryl amination using ligand-free Ni(II) salts and photoredox catalysis (2016)
    Emily B. Corcoran, Michael T. Pirnot et al. Science
  21. Decarboxylative Arylation of α-Amino Acids via Photoredox Catalysis: A One-Step Conversion of Biomass to Drug Pharmacophore (2014)
    Zhiwei Zuo, David W. C. MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society
  22. Photoredox Activation for the Direct β-Arylation of Ketones and Aldehydes (2013)
    Michael T. Pirnot, Danica A. Rankic et al. Science
  23. O–H hydrogen bonding promotes H-atom transfer from α C–H bonds for C-alkylation of alcohols (2015)
    Jenna L. Jeffrey, Jack A. Terrett et al. Science
  24. Selective sp3 C–H alkylation via polarity-match-based cross-coupling (2017)
    Chi “Chip” Le, Yufan Liang et al. Nature
  25. Direct arylation of strong aliphatic C–H bonds (2018)
    Ian B. Perry, Thomas F. Brewer et al. Nature
  26. Enantioselective Decarboxylative Arylation of α-Amino Acids via the Merger of Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis (2016)
    Zhiwei Zuo, Huan Cong et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  27. Enantioselective α-Benzylation of Aldehydes via Photoredox Organocatalysis (2010)
    Mark N. Vander Wal, Rebecca L. Grange et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  28. The direct arylation of allylic sp3 C–H bonds via organic and photoredox catalysis (2015)
    James D. Cuthbertson, David W. C. MacMillan Nature
  29. Photoredox-catalyzed deuteration and tritiation of pharmaceutical compounds (2017)
    Kazunori Nagao, Andrew J. Hoover et al. Science
  30. Photosensitized, energy transfer-mediated organometallic catalysis through electronically excited nickel(II) (2017)
    Eric R. Welin, Chi “Chip” Le et al. Science
  31. Direct α‐Arylation of Ethers through the Combination of Photoredox‐Mediated CH Functionalization and the Minisci Reaction (2014)
    Jian Jin, David W. C. MacMillan Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  32. Merging Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis: Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Vinyl Halides (2014)
    Adam Noble, Stefan J. McCarver et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  33. Photoredox α-Vinylation of α-Amino Acids and N-Aryl Amines (2014)
    Adam Noble, David W. C. MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society
  34. Metallaphotoredox-catalysed sp3–sp3 cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with alkyl halides (2016)
    Craig P. Johnston, Russell T. Smith et al. Nature
  35. A radical approach to the copper oxidative addition problem: Trifluoromethylation of bromoarenes (2018)
    Chi “Chip” Le, Tiffany Q. Chen et al. Science
  36. Decarboxylative sp3 C–N coupling via dual copper and photoredox catalysis (2018)
    Yufan Liang, Xiaheng Zhang et al. Nature
  37. Microenvironment mapping via Dexter energy transfer on immune cells (2020)
    Jacob B. Geri, James V. Oakley et al. Science
  38. Carboxylic Acids as Adaptive Functional Groups in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis (2022)
    Sebastian B. Beil, Tiffany Q. Chen et al. Accounts of Chemical Research
  39. Nontraditional Fragment Couplings of Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids: C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling via Radical Sorting (2022)
    Holt A. Sakai, David W. C. MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society
  40. General access to cubanes as benzene bioisosteres (2023)
    Mario P. Wiesenfeldt, James A. Rossi‐Ashton et al. Nature
  41. Alcohol-alcohol cross-coupling enabled by S H 2 radical sorting (2024)
    James A. Rossi‐Ashton, Colin A. Gould et al. Science
  42. Alkene dialkylation by triple radical sorting (2024)
    Johnny Wang, David W. C. MacMillan et al. Nature
  43. Aminoalkylation of Alkenes Enabled by Triple Radical Sorting (2025)
    Johnny Wang, Jesús Alcázar et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Metallaphotoredox-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Csp3–Csp3 Coupling of Aliphatic Bromides
2018
The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis
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