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Quick Introduction Photochemistry is conquering the world of synthetic chemistry. Ok, that’s hyperbole. Photochemistry is really cool and useful for making interesting and important compounds in ways that may be easier, safer or not possible with traditional thermal...
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Multi-photon approaches to synthetic photochemistry expand the potential pathways to create more efficient and potentially safer reaction conditions. Wenger and coworkers recently published a fascinating in-depth review on multi-photon excitation in photoredox...
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Near-Infrared (NIR) Light Gaining Interest For most of the previous century, photochemistry invoked images of high-powered mercury lamps, intense UV light and classical reactions such as [2+2]-cycloadditions, cyclizations and radical rearrangements (Ref 1). This...
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Electron Donor-Acceptor (EDA) Complexes in Photochemistry The photochemistry of Electron Donor-Acceptor (EDA) complexes provides a new option to create complex chemical structures (scaffolds) without the need for expensive photocatalysts like iridium or ruthenium....
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Before We Begin… This post is an overview of how we perform a ferrioxalate actinometer protocol to determine photon flux in our various photoreactors. We try to go into as much detail as possible so you can replicate these steps in your own lab and with your own...
