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How Light Enables Precision Control in Fluoropolymer Synthesis?
Photoredox

How Light Enables Precision Control in Fluoropolymer Synthesis?

This work shows that photoredox catalysis can deliver living, sequence-controlled fluoropolymerization under mild conditions. By using light to regulate radical activity, the authors achieve unprecedented control over polymer structure and properties, positioning photoredox chemistry as a powerful tool for precision materials synthesis.

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Blue Light-Mediated Decarboxylative Coupling Transforms Carboxylic Acid Feedstocks
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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Asymmetric Photoredox Organocatalysis Unlocks Chiral Building Blocks
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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