Recent Advances in Photoredox/Nickel Dual-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes

Abstract

The merger of visible-light photoredox catalysis and nickel catalysis makes it possible to forge challenging chemical bonds under mild conditions. Nevertheless, most of these transformations only construct a single carbon-carbon bond or carbon-heteroatom bond in one operation. In recent years, photoredox/nickel dual catalysis has attracted widespread attention in the field of catalytic difunctionalization of alkenes and alkynes. The synergistic cascade mode enables the construction of multiple chemical bonds in one single pot, providing a mild, efficient and selective protocol for the rapid assembly of complex structural motifs. The latest progress in the photoredox/nickel dual-catalyzed difunctionalization reactions of olefins and alkynes is summarized.