Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Photocatalytic cyclization of nitrogen-centered radicals with carbon nitride through promoting substrate/catalyst interaction

  • Mingcheng Yang,
  • Ronghong Lian,
  • Xirui Zhang,
  • Chong Wang,
  • Jiajia Cheng,
  • Xinchen Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32623-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Carbon nitride catalysts with positively charged surfaces and abundant −NH2 are found to be effective photocatalysts for dihydropyrazole synthesis. A surface-mediated mechanism where deprotonated intermediates interact with the surface is proposed.