When Light Meets Nitrogen-Centered Radicals: From Reagents to Catalysts

ConspectusNitrogen-centered radicals (NCRs) are a versatile class of highly reactive species that have a longer history than the classical carbon-based radicals in synthetic chemistry. Depending on the N-hybridization and substitution patterns, NCRs can serve as electrophiles or nucleophiles to undergo various radical transformations. Despite their power, progress in nitrogen-radical chemistry is still slow compared with the popularity of carbon radicals, and their considerable synthetic potential has been largely underexplored, which is, as concluded by Zard, mainly hampered by “a dearth of convenient access to these species and a lack of awareness pertaining to their reactivity”.Over the past decade,…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 91856119, 21772053, 91956201, 21622201, 21971081, 21820102003
• MO
  Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

  Award: B17019
• SA
  State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs

  Award: B17019
• DO
  Department of Science and Technology, Hubei Provincial People's Government

  Award: 2017AHB047