VisibleLightPhotocatalyzedRedoxNeutralOrganic

SpringerThesesRecognizingOutstandingPh.D.ResearchVisibleLightPhotocatalyzedRedox-NeutralOrganicReactionsandSynthesisofNovelMetal-OrganicFrameworksBasudevSahooSpringerThesesRecognizingOutstandingPh.D.ResearchAimsandScopeTheseries“SpringerTheses”bringstogetheraselectionoftheverybestPh.D.thesesfromaroundtheworldandacrossthephysicalsciences.Nominatedandendorsedbytworecognizedspecialists,eachpublishedvolumehasbeenselectedforitsscientificexcellenceandthehighimpactofitscontentsforthepertinentfieldofresearch.Forgreateraccessibilitytonon-specialists,thepublishedversionsincludeanextendedintroduction,aswellasaforewordbythestudent’ssupervisorexplainingthespecialrelevanceoftheworkforthefield.Asawhole,theserieswillprovideavaluableresourcebothfornewcomerstotheresearchfieldsdescribed,andforotherscientistsseekingdetailedbackgroundinformationonspecialquestions.Finally,itprovidesanaccrediteddocumentationofthevaluablecontributionsmadebytoday’syoungergenerationofscientists.Thesesareacceptedintotheseriesbyinvitednominationonlyandmustfulfillallofthefollowingcriteria�TheymustbewritteningoodEnglish.�ThetopicshouldfallwithintheconfinesofChemistry,Physics,EarthSciences,EngineeringandrelatedinterdisciplinaryfieldssuchasMaterials,Nanoscience,ChemicalEngineering,ComplexSystemsandBiophysics.�Theworkreportedinthethesismustrepresentasignificantscientificadvance.�Ifthethesisincludespreviouslypublishedmaterial,permissiontoreproducethismustbegainedfromtherespectivecopyrightholder.�Theymusthavebeenexaminedandpassedduringthe12monthspriortonomination.�Eachthesisshouldincludeaforewordbythesupervisoroutliningthesignifi-canceofitscontent.�Thethesesshouldhaveaclearlydefinedstructureincludinganintroductionaccessibletoscientistsnotexpertinthatparticularfield.Moreinformationaboutthisseriesatünster,Germany123AuthorDr.BasudevSahooAngewandteHomogenkatalyseLIKATRostockRostockGermanySupervisorProf.FrankGloriusOrganischChemischesInstitutWestfälischeWilhelms-UniversitätMünsterMünsterGermanyISSN2190-5053ISSN2190-5061(electronic)SpringerThesesISBN978-3-319-48349-8ISBN978-3-319-48350-4(eBook)DOI10.1007/978-3-319-48350-4LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016955421©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2017Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse.Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbookarebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Printedonacid-freepaperThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNatureTheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAGTheregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,SwitzerlandTomybelovedparents,brothersandsisters-in-lawSupervisor’sForewordInDr.BasudevSahoo’sthesiswork,conceptuallynovelandsyntheticallyvaluablemethodsweredevelopedusingvisiblelightphotocatalysis.ThisemergingfieldhasbecomeanindispensabletoolfororganicsynthesisandemploysenvironmentallybenignandabundantvisiblelightinthepresenceofaphotosensitizerasanattractivealternativetoharmfulUVlightinphoto-mediatedreactions.Duringhisdoctoralstudies,Dr.Sahoomergedtheconceptofgoldcatalysiswithvisiblelightphotocatalysisinadualcatalyticfashion,demonstratingthecompatibilityofthesetwoimportantandchallengingcatalyticmodesforthefirsttime.Thisnoveldualcatalyticsystemallowedforthedevelopmentofmildprotocolsforthedifunc-tionalizationofnon-activatedalkenesandhassincebeenexpandeduponandemployedinfurtherreactionsbyusandothergroups.Moreover,hisknowledgeandexpertiseinphotocatalysishelpedhimtodevelopanoveltrifluoromethylationmethodwhichcombinedradicaladditionchemistrywithapolarrearrangementtosynthesizevaluablefluorinatedcompounds.Theincorporationoffluorinatedgroupsontoorganicmoleculesisattractingincreasingattentionasthesecompoundsfeatureheavilyinpharmaceuticals,agrochemicals,andmaterialresearch.Sincenitrogen-basedheterocyclesmakealargeclassofbioactivecompounds,amildmethodforthesynthesisofindolizineheterocycleswasalsodevelopedusingaphotochemicalapproach,whichhasbeenseldomexploredforthisclassofcom-pound.Duringthisstudy,theproductofthereactionwasfoundtomediateitsownformationunderphotochemicalconditions.Thisrarelyobservedphenomenonobviatedtheneedforanex