Divergent Transformation of Carboxylic Acids through Photocatalytic Decarboxylation with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

Carboxylic acids are one of the most important functional groups found in various feedstocks. Their significance lies in their pivotal role as key intermediates in selective transformations during organic synthesis. Despite the existence of various decarboxylative transformation reactions such as Kolbe dimerization, these methods still exhibit certain limitations that present opportunities for further improvement. In this account, we present our recent studies on the application of photocatalytic decarboxylative transformation that allows the divergent transformation of carboxylic acids.