Expanding the Toolbox for Hydrogen-Atom Transfer Catalysis: Sulfides as Structurally Diverse Catalysts under Photoredox Conditions
Tetsuya Sengoku, Shun Nishioka, Yu Kokoda, Yoshifumi Noguchi and Toshiyasu Inuzuka
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2026, 368, e70293. (DOI: 10.1002/adsc.70293)

A new class of sulfide-based catalysts for visible-light-driven hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) are reported. Single-electron oxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides generates radical cations as the active HAT species whose catalytic activities are boosted by installing the 2-thiazolyl structure.