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Photochemical and Photocatalyzed Synthesis

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Chemists have available nowadays a rich palette of known synthetic processes. These may be used in synthetic planning and can be incorporated in suitable synthetic strategies. An important example involves the controlled generation of compounds containing more sp3 carbons from precursors mainly containing sp2 carbons. Absolute asymmetric synthesis by using circularly polarized light remains of limited application, but convenient methods have been introduced for asymmetric (photochemical) synthesis. The interaction with organocatalysis has open new perspectives.

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Albini, A. (2016). Photochemical and Photocatalyzed Synthesis. In: Photochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47977-3_8

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