Catalysis of Radical Reactions: Recent Progress and Emerging Fields
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 5237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radical chemistry; photoredox catalysis; alkylation; redox catalysis; tetrels
2. Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: electrochemistry; transition metal catalysis; radical chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; heterocycles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the call heard around the world of research, radical chemistry has become a mainstay field in the organic chemistry community. Having practical applications in academic and industrial settings, one-electron-based catalytic cross-coupling reactions have garnered intriguing levels of attention, reminiscent of the two-electron cross-coupling reactions, finding their fame due to Pd catalysis. Radical intermediates have traditionally received a bad rap, owing to their high reactivity and the assumption of uncontrolled reactivity. The catalysis of radical reactions has proven that the generation of radical intermediates using redox (photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and organocatalytic), energy transfer, and atom transfer processes can be harnessed to achieve highly selective reactions under mild and controllable conditions. As our understanding of the fundamental reactivity of radical intermediates has matured, discovery and innovation have continued to flourish through the combination of novel radical and tradition catalytic approaches from the creative minds leading the field. This Special Issue seeks to highlight the remarkable advancements achieved in the catalysis of radical reactions with cutting-edge research articles and state-of-the-art reviews of emerging topics in the field.
Dr. Terry McCallum
Prof. Dr. Keyin Ye
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radical chemistry
- redox catalysis
- electrocatalysis
- photocatalysis
- organic synthesis
- asymmetric synthesis
- transition metal catalysis
- heterocycles
