AROMATIC ISOCYANIDES AS NOVEL VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS

Fascinated by the unique electronic properties of isocyanides, we performed the introduction of this functional group on well-known fluorescent structures to exploit their peculiar reactivity. Particularly appealing was the interactions with open-shell species, driven by their somophilic nature, which remained largely underexplored. Aware of recent advancements in visible light-driven methods demonstrating the potential of different aromatic isocyanides, harvesting visible light and acting as single electron acceptors when reacting with different radical precursors, we selected a library of isocyanides with the possibility of achieving a broad range of redox potentials and different absorption profiles, in order to improve the versatility of this approach.