Progress on All Ends for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation through Photoredox Catalysis†
We thank the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) for funding. M.P.L. thanks the European Commission for a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th Framework Programme (PIEF-GA-2012-328500), and A.R. acknowledges financial support from the DAAD.
Graphical Abstract
Dual role for catalysts: Novel routes for the generation of asymmetric stereocenters using photoredox catalysis were recently developed. Different chiral catalytic systems allowed new CC bonds to form in good yields and enantioselectivities using a mild methodology in which light is used as the energy source.