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Radical/polar crossover (RPC) is a rapidly growing subset of photoredox reactions in which the newly formed radical intermediates preferentially undergo the single-electron reduction or oxidation to re-enter the ionic reaction space. It should be noted that there is only one report on photoredox-catalyzed RPC-type difunctionalizations of alkenes with malonates as radical precursors, namely alkene hydroalkylation. Based on the above well-established RPC-type strategy, aldehydes are employed as new electrophiles for exploring a new three-component dicarbofunctionalizations of alkenes. More details are discussed in the article by Yi et al. on page 957—962.