Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

A visible-light activated secondary phosphine oxide ligand enabling Pd-catalyzed radical cross-couplings

  • Takahito Kuribara,
  • Masaya Nakajima,
  • Tetsuhiro Nemoto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31613-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Ligand design is key for improving the performance in light-enabled catalytic processes. Here, the authors report the synthesis of a visible-light–activated secondary phosphine oxide ligand and apply it to Pd-catalyzed radical cross-coupling reactions.