Research
Photocatalytic radical hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes via an intermolecular hydrogen-atom-transfer relay
Nature · By Weiqiao Lan ·
The Brief
- A research article titled 'Photocatalytic radical hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes via an intermolecular hydrogen-atom-transfer relay' was published online in Nature Communications on 14 November 2026 (doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79704-1).
- The article's abstract excerpt notes that cross-electrophile coupling between unactivated alkyl halides and alkynyl halides has long been challenged by reactivity mismatch and poor chemoselectivity.
- The excerpt is truncated before the authors' results, so the specific findings are not available from the provided sources.
Why it matters
The work addresses hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes using a photocatalytic hydrogen-atom-transfer relay, a route relevant to synthetic chemists working on radical methods. The available excerpt does not give the full results, so its practical reach cannot yet be judged.
Who’s affected
- synthetic organic chemists
- researchers in photocatalysis and radical chemistry
- #photocatalysis
- #hydrogen-atom-transfer
- #alkene-hydrogenation
- #radical-chemistry
- #organic-synthesis
Nature Communications, Published online: 14 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79704-1 Cross-electrophile coupling between unactivated alkyl halides and alkynyl halides has long been challenged by reactivity mismatch and poor chemoselectivity. Here the authors report…
Timeline
Published online in Nature Communications
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Photocatalytic radical hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes via an intermolecular hydrogen-atom-transfer relay