Visible-light induced dearomatization reactions

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 2145 - 217
• Main Authors: Cheng, Yuan-Zheng, Feng, Zuolijun, Zhang, Xiao, You, Shu-Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 21.03.2022
• Subjects: Aromatic compounds; Aromaticity; Biological Products - chemistry; Chemical synthesis; Light; Materials science; Natural products; photocatalysis

Dearomatization reactions provide rapid access to structurally complex three-dimensional molecules from simple aromatic compounds. Plenty of reports have demonstrated their utilities in the synthesis of natural products, medicinal chemistry, and materials science in the last decades. Recently, visib...