In this review, we highlight the use of organic photoredox catalysts in a myriad of synthetic transformations with a range of applications. This overview is arranged by catalyst class where the photophysics and electrochemical characteristics of each is discussed to underscore the differences and advantages to each type of single electron redox agent. We highlight both net reductive and oxidative as well as redox neutral transformations that can be accomplished using purely organic photoredox-active catalysts. An overview of the basic photophysics and electron transfer theory is presented in order to provide a comprehensive guide for employing this class of catalysts in photoredox manifolds.

Organic Photoredox Catalysis

Microwave assisted organic synthesis-a review

Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.

A.L.-P. thanks CSIC for a contract under the JAE-doctor
program. Financial support by PLE2009 project from MCIINN
and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (proyecto MULTICAT) are also
acknowledged.

Gold-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom bond-forming reactions.

Spirooxindoles: Promising scaffolds for anticancer agents.

Facile one-pot synthesis of novel dispirooxindole-pyrrolidine derivatives and their antimicrobial and anticancer activity against A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cancer cell line.

Novel spirooxindole-pyrrolidine compounds: synthesis, anticancer and molecular docking studies.

Oxidative cyclization of thiophenolic and phenolic Schiff's bases promoted by PCC: a new oxidant for 2-substituted benzothiazoles and benzoxazoles

Synthesis, antibacterial activity evaluation and QSAR studies of novel dispiropyrrolidines.

Synthesis, antimicrobial and antioxidant evaluation of quinolines and bis(indolyl)methanes.

P. T. Perumal

Papers

Facile one-pot synthesis of novel dispirooxindole-pyrrolidine derivatives and their antimicrobial and anticancer activity against A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cancer cell line.

Novel spirooxindole-pyrrolidine compounds: synthesis, anticancer and molecular docking studies.

Oxidative cyclization of thiophenolic and phenolic Schiff's bases promoted by PCC: a new oxidant for 2-substituted benzothiazoles and benzoxazoles

Synthesis, antibacterial activity evaluation and QSAR studies of novel dispiropyrrolidines.

Synthesis, antimicrobial and antioxidant evaluation of quinolines and bis(indolyl)methanes.