Visible-Light-Driven Germyl Radical Generation via EDA-Catalyzed ET-HAT Process

Chemistry. 2024 May 8:e202401546. doi: 10.1002/chem.202401546. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe have established a facile and efficient protocol for the generation of germyl radicals by employing photo-excited electron transfer (ET) in an electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complex to drive hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) from germyl hydride (R3GeH). Using a catalytic amount of EDA complex of commercially available thiol and benzophenone derivatives, the ET-HAT cycle smoothly proceeds simply upon blue-light irradiation without any transition metal or photocatalyst. This protocol also affords silyl radical from silyl hydride.PMID:38716768 | DOI:10.1002/chem.202401546

Source: Chemistry - May 8, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kaito Yoshizawa Bi-Xiao Li Taro Matsuyama Chao Wang Masanobu Uchiyama Source Type: research