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Visible Light-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis: A Green Perspective

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Asymmetric synthesis constitutes one of the most important areas in synthetic organic chemistry. The selective generation of the desired enantiomer during a reaction gratifies many principles of the “green chemistry”. It makes the reaction more atom economical and avoids the use of unnecessary derivatizations using chiral auxiliaries. The need of resolution techniques could also be eliminated. The merging of visible light catalysis with the asymmetric synthesis has made it more efficient in terms of enantiomeric enrichment. In this chapter, we summarize the recent developments reported in the area of transition metal-free visible light-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis.

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Ujwaldev, S.M., Anilkumar, G. (2021). Visible Light-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis: A Green Perspective. In: Anilkumar, G., Saranya, S. (eds) Green Organic Reactions. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6897-2_14

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