Emerging perylene diimide-based photocatalysts: status and trends in organic synthesis

positions provides unprecedented control over photophysical properties, redox behavior, and catalytic performance, establishing definitive structure-activity relationships. This mini-review demonstrates exceptional synthetic utility across a broad spectrum of transformations, encompassing aryl halide reductions, fluoroalkylation processes, electrophotocatalytic C-F bond functionalization, sulfoxide reduction, controlled radical polymerization, and radical cyclization reactions, while comprehensively addressing fundamental concepts, PDI design principles, mechanistic frameworks, and future research directions in this rapidly advancing field.