Merging Catalysis in Single Electron Steps with Photoredox Catalysis—Efficient and Sustainable Radical Chemistry

We describe a combination of catalysts that allows the coupling of titanocene(III) catalysis with photoredox catalysis. Oxidation of radical intermediates by a photoredox catalyst opens novel catalytic mechanisms for reductive epoxide ring opening and redox-neutral epoxide radical arylation. In the former case, the requirement of metallic reductants and stoichiometric acidic additives is bypassed