This month, we look at purple and red LEDs and everything in between. The world is full of color so why is everyone so blue?
Photochemistry of the Rainbow: Synthesis from Purple to Red
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Photocatalytic Radiolabeling with 18F in Flow
Flow photochemistry in the PhotoRedOx Box™ is Hot as F! This month, we feature novel photoredox induced fluorination for radiolabeling a wide range of pharmaceutically relevant small molecules.
Photochemistry Tutorials
From time to time, it’s useful to take a step back and look at some of the basics of photochemistry. This month we thought we would share a few of our favorite short quick reads, on fundamental photochemistry topics.
Searching for the origin of life with a 365nm LED (with Photoredox Organocatalysis)
Mmm… What’s in the Soup? How did life begin? Were the first catalysts, photocatalysts? Read about the recent account by Oliver Trapp and coworkers on their work at prebiotic photoredox organocatalysis.
Summer Beach Reads
Here is a midyear recap of photochemistry papers that we thought were the best, funniest, oddest, most interesting, or downright unexpected so far this year.
Fenton Boat Photocatalysis: An Adventure with Iron and Wood
Photocatalysis with iron and wood? Fenton Boats? Stick around and we’ll explain—And show you a video of a photocatalyst boat!
Photochemistry Surprises!!!
Featuring a project where “hey that’s weird & very wrong” turns into something fantastic: Bold decisions, stubbornness & ingenuity result in a new opportunity.
A Photochemistry Year in Review 2022
Here is our list of the 22 photochemistry papers that we thought were the best, funniest, oddest, most interesting, or downright unexpected of 2022.
Photocatalytic Deconstruction of Polystyrene
What if we could shine a blue LED on our 8 billion tons of plastic waste and get back a valuable chemical feedstock? Click to read about the Reisner group’s work looking at tackling this problem.
Photocatalysis in Seawater
Seawater: It’s abundant, messy, contains salts, microorganisms, biomass, organic and inorganic pollutants (and microplastics) and might just be a great solvent for generating hydrogen peroxide with visible light photocatalysis
The 21 Must-Read Photochemistry Papers of 2021
Beyond the best photochemistry papers of 2021, read about the amazing year we had here at HepatoChem.