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Iron-catalyzed radical intermolecular addition of unactivated alkenes to alkenyl N-heteroarenes

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Recyclable g-C3N4 catalyzed decarboxylative alkenylation of N-aryl glycines with vinyl sulfones under visible-light irradiation

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Visible-light-induced decarboxylative cyclization

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Construction of pyrroles, furans and thiophenes via intramolecular cascade desulfonylative/dehydrogenative cyclization of vinylidenecyclopropanes induced by NXS (X = I or Br)

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Visible-light-mediated synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles via CAr–I reduction triggered 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer process

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Ferrocene/air double-mediated FeTiO3-photocatalyzed semi-heterogeneous annulation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones in EtOH/H2O

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Recent advances in decarboxylative functionalization of N-arylglycines via photo- and electro-catalysis: a green chemistry perspective

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Innovative approaches to the synthesis of five-membered heteroaromatics with emerging synthetic methodologies

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Visible light-driven direct access to imine-containing azaarene-substituted highly functionalized pyrroles

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Electro-catalyzed, solvent-controlled divergent decarboxylative annulation and hydroaminomethylation of cyclic aldimines with N-arylglycines

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Synthesis of unsymmetrically tetrasubstituted pyrroles and studies of AIEE in pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives

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Organophotocatalytic pyridination of N-arylglycines with 4-cyanopyridines by decarboxylative and decyanative radical–radical coupling

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Dicyanopyrazine: 10th Anniversary in Photoredox Catalysis

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The Chemical Record, 2025, 25
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Asymmetric Photocatalytic Synthesis of Enantioenriched Azaarene Derivatives

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Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, 42, 1609
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TEMPO/O2 Synergistically Mediated BiBrO‐Photocatalyzed Decarboxylative Phosphorylation of N‐Arylglycines

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Dicyanopyrazine photoredox catalysts: Correlation of efficiency with photophysics and electronic structure

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Photoredox-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Pyrroles

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Electrochemical Decarboxylative Coupling of N‐Substituted Glycines under Air: Access to C3‐Aminomethylated Imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridines

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Protecting Group-Dependent Synthesis of Densely Substituted Dihydropyrroles v/s Pyrroles via 5-Exo-trig Cascade Radical Cyclization to Alkynyl Vinylogous Carbamates

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Regioselective Synthesis of 3-Trifluoromethylpyrroles by [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of N-Acyl α-Amino Acids and 2-Bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene

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Photoredox-Catalyzed Synthesis of Remote Fluoroalkylated Azaarene Derivatives and the α-Deuterated Analogues via 1,n-Hydrogen-Atom-Transfer-Involving Radical Reactions

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Electrocatalysis Decarboxylative Annulation of Benzol[e][1,2,3]-oxathiazine-2,2-dioxides with N-Arylglycines

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One-Pot Photocascade Catalysis: Access to Pyrrole Derivatives from N-Arylglycines and Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) Acetates

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Flexible Construction Approach to the Synthesis of 1,5-Substituted Pyrrole-3-carbaldehydes from 5-Bromo-1,2,3-triazine

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The Application of N‐Aryl Glycines and Their Analogues in Visible‐Light‐Promoted Photoredox Catalysis

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Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2025, 20
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H-bond promoted NPh3-mediated SrTiO3-photocatalyzed cascade decarboxylative coupling/annulation of benzo[d]isothiazole 1,1-dioxides

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Visible Light‐Mediated Manipulation of 1,n‐Enynes in Organic Synthesis

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α‐Amino Acids: An Emerging Versatile Synthon in Visible Light‐Driven Decarboxylative Transformations

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The Chemical Record, 2023, 23
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Access to Chromenopyrrolidines Enabled by Organophotocatalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] Annulation of Chromones with N-Arylglycines

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Synthesis of Diverse Oxetane Amino Acids via Visible‐Light‐Induced Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Giese‐Type Reaction

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TBAI/H2O-cooperative electrocatalytic decarboxylation coupling-annulation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones with N-arylglycines

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Recent Advances in Visible-Light-Induced Decarboxylative Coupling Reactions of α-Amino Acid Derivatives

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Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Coupling of Arylacetic Acids with Aromatic Aldehydes

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Metal- and oxidant-free skeletal reorganizing of oxazolidines to access N-Vinylpyrroles

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Photoredox Catalytic Cascade Radical Addition to Construct 1,4- Diketone-Functionalized Quinoxalin-2(1H)-one Derivatives

Xin Sun, Chaofan Qu, Chaorui Ma, Xiaowei Zhao, Guobi Chai and Zhiyong Jiang

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