Light opens a new window for N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis
181 Citations•2020•
Jing Liu, Xiao‐Ning Xing, Jinhai Huang
A number of elegant visible-light-induced, NHC-catalyzed transformations were developed for accessing valuable organic compounds and this minireview will highlight the recent advances in this field.
Abstract
<p>This minireview summarized the recent advances on the photoinduced, NHC-catalyzed organic reactions according to the function of visible light.</p>