Abstract
The photoactivation of notoriously inert sulfur hexafluoride represents a challenge for photochemistry. This short review summarizes recently published efforts and the corresponding photochemical mechanisms for switching between the fluorination and pentafluorosulfanylation reactivity of organic substrates.
1 Introduction
2 Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
3 The Pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5) Group
4 Photoredox Catalytic Activation of SF6
5 Conclusions
Key words
photochemistry - photocatalysis - fluorination - electron transfer - light - sulfur hexafluoride - pentafluorosulfanylation