7 Organocatalysis with Amines in Photocatalysis

Y. P. Rey; H. B. Hepburn; P. Melchiorre

Abstract

This chapter details recent advances in enantioselective amine-catalyzed reactions triggered by light. By presenting a selection of pioneering studies, the chapter highlights how the combination of photochemistry and amine-mediated catalysis has created exciting new opportunities in asymmetric synthesis while profoundly influencing different fields of modern chemical research, such as radical reactivity. The discussion focuses on the concepts of enamine and iminium ion mediated reactions and their combination with photochemical reactivity. The selected methods represent the state of the art in the rapidly evolving area of photochemical amine-catalyzed processes, which provides effective synthetic tools for making chiral molecules sustainably.

Key words

photocatalysis - amines - asymmetric catalysis - enamines - iminium ions - electron transfer - organocatalysis - radical reactivity - photochemistry - redox processes

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