%0 Journal Article
%T Visible-Light-Driven Germyl Radical Generation via EDA-Catalyzed ET-HAT Process.
%A Yoshizawa K
%A Li BX
%A Matsuyama T
%A Wang C
%A Uchiyama M
%J Chemistry
%V 30
%N 41
%D 2024 Jul 19
%M 38716768
%F 5.02
%R 10.1002/chem.202401546
%X We have established a facile and efficient protocol for the generation of germyl radicals by employing photo-excited electron transfer (ET) in an electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complex to drive hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) from germyl hydride (R3GeH). Using a catalytic amount of EDA complex of commercially available thiol and benzophenone derivatives, the ET-HAT cycle smoothly proceeds simply upon blue-light irradiation without any transition metal or photocatalyst. This protocol also affords silyl radical from silyl hydride.