Editorial insights on photochemistry and photoredox catalysis
Curated research highlights for scientists exploring light-driven chemistry
Synthesis
Blue Light-Mediated Decarboxylative Coupling Transforms Carboxylic Acid Feedstocks
A simple photocatalytic system enables direct decarboxylative coupling of abundant carboxylic acids with alkenes, providing atom-economical routes to functionalized molecules.
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Biology
Photoredox-Mediated Peptide Stapling Enables Selective Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors
A novel photoredox approach for installing hydrocarbon staples into peptides yields cell-permeable inhibitors with enhanced proteolytic stability and binding affinity.
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Synthesis
Asymmetric Photoredox Organocatalysis Unlocks Chiral Building Blocks
Combining chiral organocatalysts with photoredox catalysis achieves highly enantioselective radical additions, providing new routes to valuable chiral building blocks for pharmaceutical synthesis.
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Materials
Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks Achieve Record CO₂ Reduction Efficiency
A newly designed MOF photocatalyst demonstrates unprecedented quantum efficiency for visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction to formate, surpassing benchmark systems by nearly 300%.
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Materials
Crystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks Enable Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting
A precisely designed COF structure integrates donor-acceptor motifs and platinum cocatalysts to achieve benchmark hydrogen evolution rates under visible light without sacrificial agents.
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