Front Cover: N-Arylphenothiazines and N,N-Diarylphenazines as Tailored Organophotoredox Catalysts for the Reductive Activation of Alkenes (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 40/2024)

Abstract

The Front Cover features an abstract representation of two novel, highly reducing organophotocatalysts derived from N-arylphenothiazines and N,N-diarylphenazines, compounds widely recognized as versatile and effective photoredox catalysts. The catalysts shown are the most efficient from a library of 17 catalysts synthesized. They show remarkable performance in the addition of methanol to α-methylstyrene, which was used as a model reaction, significantly reducing the reaction time and the catalyst loading by more than 20 times. Alongside the featured catalysts, the cover shows abstract representations of photophysical and photocatalytic concepts. The authors used spectroelectrochemistry and DFT calculations to further elucidate their findings and derive structure–activity relationships that might help to further improve organophotocatalysts. More information can be found in the Research Article by H.-A. Wagenknecht and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202400847).