Dedicated to Paul Knochel on the occasion of his retirement.
Abstract
Copper is one of the most efficient and attractive metals for catalysis. In addition
to their availability, low cost and limited toxicity, copper complexes are utilized
to catalyze a broad variety of reactions, including examples involving radicals. For
such reactions, organic halides are by far the most versatile and attractive substrates.
Our contributions to the catalysis of radical reactions from organic halides with
copper complexes are summarized in this account.
1 Introduction
2 Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling Reactions
3 Copper-Catalyzed Radical Reactions
4 Copper-Catalyzed Radical Carbonylative Cross-Coupling Reactions
5 Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Radical Reactions
6 Conclusions and Outlook
Key words
copper catalysis - organic halides - cross-coupling - radical reactions - copper complexes
- photoredox catalysis