{ "id": "ep0kxhx9x7", "slug": "metallaphotoredox-catalysis", "title": "Metallaphotoredox catalysis", "updated": "2026-10-15", "topic_path": [ { "id": "physical", "label": "Physical world and mathematics", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/physical" }, { "id": "physical.chemistry", "label": "Chemistry", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/physical.chemistry" }, { "id": "physical.chemistry.methods", "label": "Chemical principles and methods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/physical.chemistry.methods" }, { "id": "physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis", "label": "Chemical synthesis", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis" }, { "id": "physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis.energy-assisted-synthesis", "label": "Sonochemical and energy-assisted synthesis", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis.energy-assisted-synthesis" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis", "label": "Non-geographic · 2001 to 2020: Chemical synthesis", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis", "path": [ { "id": "geo.nongeo", "label": "Non-geographic", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo" }, { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001", "label": "Non-geographic · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001.physical", "label": "Physical world and mathematics", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001.physical" }, { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry", "label": "Chemistry", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry" }, { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods", "label": "Chemical principles and methods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods" }, { "id": "geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis", "label": "Chemical synthesis", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.nongeo.t2001.physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Metallaphotoredox catalysis is a dual-catalyst synthetic method combining a metal cross-coupling catalyst, usually nickel, with a visible-light photocatalyst, first reported in 2014 to couple sp3 fragments.", "snippet": "Metallaphotoredox catalysis is a dual-catalyst synthetic method combining a metal cross-coupling catalyst, usually nickel, with a visible-light photocatalyst, first reported in 2014 to couple sp3 fragments.", "node": "physical.chemistry.methods.chemical-synthesis.energy-assisted-synthesis", "markdown": "# Metallaphotoredox catalysis\n\nMetallaphotoredox catalysis is a dual-catalyst synthetic method that combines a transition-metal cross-coupling catalyst with a visible-light photocatalyst, using photoinduced single-electron transfer and energy transfer to form C–C and C–heteroatom bonds neither catalyst enables alone.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) In the dominant nickel-based variant, a carbon radical is generated from a carboxylate, boronate, halide, or C–H substrate by whichever component the reaction uses, such as the photocatalyst, nickel, or a separate hydrogen-atom-transfer catalyst, and nickel captures the radical and couples it with an aryl or alkyl electrophile.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) Because the radicals are made from feedstock chemicals at ambient temperature without stoichiometric strong oxidants or air- and moisture-sensitive organometallic reagents, the platform extends cross-coupling to sp3-hybridized (carbon geometry with four single bonds; target of the method) fragments that classical palladium chemistry handles poorly.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) • [2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Core idea | A photocatalyst and a metal catalyst (usually nickel) cooperate through SET or energy transfer under visible light[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) |\n| Seminal reports | Two independent 2014 Science papers: MacMillan–Doyle (decarboxylative sp3–sp2 coupling) and Molander (alkyltrifluoroborate coupling)[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525) • [3](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253647) |\n| Typical conditions | Ir[dF(CF3)ppy]2(dtbbpy)PF6, NiCl2·glyme, dtbbpy, Cs2CO3, 26-W white light; 48–72 h[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525) |\n| Representative yields | 65–78% (aryl iodides), 75–90% (aryl bromides), 37–91% (C–N coupling)[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525) • [1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) |\n| Wavelength range | 390 nm (photoactive-ligand variant) to 660–670 nm (red-light semiheterogeneous system)[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.05.011) • [5](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z) |\n| Main limitation | Blue-light penetration limits scale-up and promotes hydrodehalogenation[6](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c09745) |\n\n## How it works\n\n**Electron-transfer mode.** The excited iridium photocatalyst performs SET with a precursor such as a carboxylate, halide, or organosilicate to produce a carbon radical. In the decarboxylative variant, oxidation of the carboxylate followed by loss of CO2 gives an alkyl radical, which is captured by a nickel species; reductive elimination from the resulting organonickel intermediate forms the C(sp2)–C(sp3) product, and electron transfer from the reduced photocatalyst closes both cycles.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) • [7](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/ra/d5ra04650e?page=search) In the original 2014 system the excited iridium complex is a strong photooxidant (\\( E_{1/2,\\mathrm{red}} \\) [*IrIII/IrII] = +1.21 V vs SCE in CH3CN), and reduction of Ni(I) to Ni(0) by IrII (\\( E_{1/2,\\mathrm{red}} \\) [IrIII/IrII] = −1.37 V vs SCE) regenerates the active nickel species.[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525)\n\n**Revised nickel manifold.** A mechanistic study of metallaphotoredox C–N coupling by Nicholas A. Till and colleagues (2020) reassigned the originally proposed Ni(0)/Ni(II)/Ni(III)/Ni(I) cycle to a Ni(I)/Ni(III) pathway; product formation ceases within less than 30 seconds in the dark, so the photocatalyst both initiates and perpetuates the nickel cycle.[8](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c05901)\n\n**Energy-transfer mode.** Energy transfer is a parallel activation pathway, established by triplet sensitization of Ni(II)–aryl-carboxylate complexes by a photosensitizer, reported by Eric R. Welin and colleagues (2017) as a distinct mode beyond electron transfer.[9](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2490) [Time-resolved spectroscopy](https://www.edgepedia.org/time-resolved-spectroscopy) likewise shows quenching of IrIII* by LnNiII precatalysts and intermediates, and exploiting this pathway enabled selective cross-electrophile coupling of 4-chlorobenzotrifluoride with bromocyclohexane to give exclusively cross-coupled product.[10](https://pubs.acs.org/accacs/article/14/15/11378/444795/Reconceptualizing-the-IrIII-Role-in)\n\n## How it is done\n\nA standard decarboxylative sp3–sp2 protocol combines the photocatalyst Ir[dF(CF3)ppy]2(dtbbpy)PF6 with NiCl2·glyme, the ligand dtbbpy, and 1.5 equivalents of Cs2CO3 under white light from a 26-W compact fluorescent bulb; N-Boc proline coupled with para-iodotoluene in 78% yield under these conditions.[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525) The later sp3–sp3 variant uses the same iridium catalyst with NiCl2·glyme, 4,4′-dOMe-bpy, K2CO3, added water, acetonitrile, and blue LEDs, giving 85% isolated yield for the model substrate.[11](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19056) In the red-light semiheterogeneous system, a model amination of 3,5-dimethylbromobenzene with pyrrolidine runs at 85 °C for 24 h in dimethylacetamide with NiBr2·glyme and the base mDBU under 660–670 nm irradiation; no product forms below 45 °C and yields plateau above 90 °C.[5](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z)\n\n## Origin\n\nThe field's defining nickel reports appeared concurrently in 2014. Zhiwei Zuo and colleagues reported decarboxylative coupling of α-carboxyl sp3-carbons with aryl halides in Science,[2](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525) while John C. Tellis, David N. Primer, and [Gary A. Molander](https://www.edgepedia.org/gary-a-molander) independently described single-electron transmetalation of potassium alkoxyalkyl- and benzyltrifluoroborates with aryl bromides under visible light, ambient temperature, and no strong base.[3](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253647)\n\nEarlier work built the precursors. David A. Nicewicz and David W. C. MacMillan merged photoredox with organocatalysis in 2008,[12](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1161976) and Jagan M. R. Narayanam, Joseph W. Tucker, and Corey R. J. Stephenson developed electron-transfer photoredox catalysis for tin-free reductive dehalogenation in 2009.[13](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9033582) Dipannita Kalyani and colleagues combined palladium [C–H functionalization](https://www.edgepedia.org/c-h-functionalization) with visible-light photocatalysis in 2011,[14](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja208068w) Yingda Ye and [Melanie S. Sanford](https://www.edgepedia.org/melanie-s-sanford) reported copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of boronic acids with CF3I under visible light in 2012,[15](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja301553c) and Basudev Sahoo, Matthew N. Hopkinson, and [Frank Glorius](https://www.edgepedia.org/frank-glorius) combined gold and photoredox catalysis for oxy- and aminoarylation of alkenes in 2013.[16](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja400311h) Magnus Rueping and colleagues combined photocatalytic aerobic oxidation with metal-catalyzed alkynylation in 2012,[17](https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201200050) and a March 2014 minireview by Matthew N. Hopkinson and colleagues surveyed dual photoredox catalysis just before the two Science nickel papers appeared.[18](https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304823) Jun Xuan and colleagues reported redox-neutral α-allylation of amines by combining palladium and photoredox catalysis later in 2014.[19](https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409999)\n\nThe term \"metallaphotoredox\" was already in use within the MacMillan group by the 2016 sp3–sp3 paper,[11](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19056) and the platform and its name were consolidated in the Chemical Reviews review by Amy Y. Chan, Ian B. Perry, and colleagues (2021).[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383)\n\n## Variants\n\n**Decarboxylative couplings.** Beyond the original sp3–sp2 reaction, the platform couples carboxylic acids directly with alkyl halides to form sp3–sp3 bonds,[11](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19056) performs enantioselective decarboxylative arylation of α-amino acids (Zhiwei Zuo and colleagues, 2016),[20](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13211) and uses oxalates to convert alcohols into latent coupling fragments for sp3–sp2 coupling (Xiaheng Zhang and David W. C. MacMillan, 2016).[21](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b09533)\n\n**C–H functionalization.** Triple-catalytic photoredox/nickel/hydrogen-atom-transfer (HAT) systems arylate the α-C–H bonds of amines, ethers, and sulfides, with HAT catalysts including quinuclidine, TBADT, triplet aryl ketones, and benzaldehyde.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383)\n\n**Ligandless and two-in-one systems.** The MacMillan–Buchwald C(sp2)–N coupling uses a simple nickel precatalyst and a photoredox catalyst with no added ligand, aminating aryl and heteroaryl halides with aliphatic amines in 37–91% yield under blue light at 0.02 mol% photocatalyst loading.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) A photoactive PPQN 2,4-di-OMe ligand complexed to Ni2+ acts as both metal catalyst and light absorber, coupling iodobenzene with potassium benzyltrifluoroborate under 390 nm Kessil LEDs in 65% yield without exogenous photocatalyst.[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.05.011)\n\n**Red-light and semiheterogeneous modes.** A polymeric carbon nitride (CN-OA-m) with NiBr2·glyme forms C–N, C–O, C–S, and C–Se bonds across more than 200 examples with yields up to 94% under 660–670 nm light; the heterogeneous photocatalyst is recovered by centrifugation and reused five times with only a slight yield decrease.[5](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z) Deep-red or near-infrared light with an osmium photocatalyst expands the scope of (hetero)aryl bromides and amine nucleophiles in C–N coupling.[6](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c09745) Dual photoredox catalysis with metals beyond nickel also exists, for example diastereoselective aldehyde allylation by dual photoredox and chromium catalysis (J. Luca Schwarz and colleagues, 2018).[22](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b08052)\n\n## Applications\n\nThe sp3–sp3 variant enabled the expedient synthesis of the pharmaceutical [tirofiban](https://www.edgepedia.org/tirofiban) in four steps from commercially available starting materials.[11](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19056) The red-light semiheterogeneous system delivered gram-scale tetracaine synthesis in 85% yield under 660–670 nm red light.[5](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z) Multicomponent metallaphotoredox couplings build value-added chemicals from easily available feedstocks without high temperature or moisture- and air-sensitive organometallic reagents.[23](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/gc/d1gc00993a)\n\n## Limitations and alternatives\n\n**Light and scale.** Blue light penetrates poorly through reaction media, limiting industrial scalability, and it enhances hydrodehalogenation side products; the side product is attributed to direct photolysis of the aryl–nickel bond by high-energy light, generating aryl radicals.[6](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c09745) Red light penetrates approximately 23 times further into reaction solutions, and deep-red or near-infrared light with an osmium photocatalyst suppresses hydrodehalogenation.[5](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z) • [6](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c09745)\n\n**Catalyst cost.** Expensive iridium complexes are the most common photocatalysts and are often essential for satisfactory outcomes in nickel-catalyzed transformations, while less expensive organic photocatalysts remain less explored in this setting.[24](https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/pdf/1860-5397-17-143.pdf) Organic photocatalysts such as 4CzIPN offer metal-free alternatives to Ru(II)/Ir(III) polypyridyl complexes.[7](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/ra/d5ra04650e?page=search)\n\n**Comparison with other methods.** Classical palladium cross-coupling is limited with respect to coupling sp3-hybridized fragments, whereas nickel undergoes more rapid oxidative addition into alkyl electrophiles and suffers less from β-hydride elimination with aliphatic ligands; published comparisons frame this contrast qualitatively and do not provide quantitative yield or cost benchmarks against Suzuki or Negishi couplings.[1](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383) [Electrochemistry](https://www.edgepedia.org/electrochemistry) is the nearest non-photochemical alternative: in electrochemical arylation with redox-active esters, silver nitrate is reduced to Ag nanoparticles that deposit on the cathode before Ni(II) is reduced to Ni(I), a mechanism distinct from photochemical arylation of the corresponding acids.[25](https://chemrxiv.org/doi/pdf/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-gkfl8) Within C–H functionalization, remaining challenges include site specificity, stronger C–H bonds, and scarce enantioselective examples.[24](https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/pdf/1860-5397-17-143.pdf)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Amy Y. Chan and colleagues (2021). Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis. Chemical Reviews.](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00383)\n2. [Zhiwei Zuo and colleagues (2014). Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp 3 -carbons with aryl halides. Science.](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255525)\n3. [John C. Tellis, David N. Primer, Gary A. Molander (2014). Single-electron transmetalation in organoboron cross-coupling by photoredox/nickel dual catalysis. Science.](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253647)\n4. [Two-in-one metallaphotoredox cross-couplings enabled by a photoactive ligand (Chem, 2022)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.05.011)\n5. [General method for carbon–heteroatom cross-coupling reactions via semiheterogeneous red-light metallaphotocatalysis | Nature Communications](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61812-z)\n6. [Overcoming Photochemical Limitations in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: Red-Light-Driven C–N Cross-Coupling (JACS)](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c09745)\n7. [Nickel-photoredox catalysis: merging photons with metal catalysts for organic synthesis (RSC Advances, 2025)](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/ra/d5ra04650e?page=search)\n8. [Nicholas A. Till and colleagues (2020). Mechanistic Analysis of Metallaphotoredox C–N Coupling: Photocatalysis Initiates and Perpetuates Ni(I)/Ni(III) Coupling Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c05901)\n9. [Eric R. Welin and colleagues (2017). Photosensitized, energy transfer-mediated organometallic catalysis through electronically excited nickel(II). Science.](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2490)\n10. [Reconceptualizing the IrIII Role in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: From Strong Photooxidant to Potent Energy Donor (ACS Catalysis, 2024)](https://pubs.acs.org/accacs/article/14/15/11378/444795/Reconceptualizing-the-IrIII-Role-in)\n11. [Craig P. Johnston and colleagues (2016). Metallaphotoredox-catalysed sp3–sp3 cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with alkyl halides. Nature.](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19056)\n12. [David A. Nicewicz, David W. C. MacMillan (2008). Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes. Science.](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1161976)\n13. [Jagan M. R. Narayanam, Joseph W. Tucker, Corey R. J. Stephenson (2009). Electron-Transfer Photoredox Catalysis: Development of a Tin-Free Reductive Dehalogenation Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9033582)\n14. [Dipannita Kalyani and colleagues (2011). Room-Temperature C–H Arylation: Merger of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization and Visible-Light Photocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja208068w)\n15. [Yingda Ye, Melanie S. Sanford (2012). Merging Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Transition-Metal Catalysis in the Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Boronic Acids with CF3I. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja301553c)\n16. [Basudev Sahoo, Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius (2013). Combining Gold and Photoredox Catalysis: Visible Light-Mediated Oxy- and Aminoarylation of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja400311h)\n17. [Magnus Rueping and colleagues (2012). Dual Catalysis: Combination of Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation and Metal Catalyzed Alkynylation Reactions, CC Bond Formation Using Visible Light. Chemistry - A European Journal.](https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201200050)\n18. [Matthew N. Hopkinson and colleagues (2014). Dual Catalysis Sees the Light: Combining Photoredox with Organo‐, Acid, and Transition‐Metal Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal.](https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304823)\n19. [Jun Xuan and colleagues (2014). Redox‐Neutral α‐Allylation of Amines by Combining Palladium Catalysis and Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.](https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409999)\n20. [Zhiwei Zuo and colleagues (2016). Enantioselective Decarboxylative Arylation of α-Amino Acids via the Merger of Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13211)\n21. [Xiaheng Zhang, David W. C. MacMillan (2016). Alcohols as Latent Coupling Fragments for Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: sp3–sp2 Cross-Coupling of Oxalates with Aryl Halides. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b09533)\n22. [J. Luca Schwarz and colleagues (2018). Diastereoselective Allylation of Aldehydes by Dual Photoredox and Chromium Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society.](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b08052)\n23. [Metallaphotoredox catalysis for multicomponent coupling reactions (Green Chemistry, RSC)](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/gc/d1gc00993a)\n24. [Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization (Beilstein J. Org. Chem.)](https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/pdf/1860-5397-17-143.pdf)\n25. 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