Green Cross-Coupling Using Visible Light for C-O and C-N Bond Formation

The development of green and sustainable approaches in organic synthesis can provide an environmentally friendly method in the industrial manufacture. Recently, visible-light-mediated photocatalysis has achieved great progress and been a powerful tool to the construction of new chemical bonds in the green synthetic community. This chapter provides an updated summary of visible-light-mediated cross-coupling for C-O and C-N bond formations. Compared with the traditional synthetic methods, the visible-light catalysis provides a new way for the useful compounds synthesis (O-containing and N-containing molecules).