Visible light-mediated C P bond formation reactions

Organophosphorus compounds have attracted continuous attention in materials science, agrochemical and pharmaceutical fields due to their unique bioactivities. Thus, the development of novel and robust manners for the construction new CP bond has therefore gained great interests in synthetic organic chemistry. Because of their intrinsic sustainability and green chemistry character, visible light-induced photoredox catalysis has been widely applied in the construction of new chemical bonds, including the formation of CP bond. In this review, we summarized recent achievements in CP bond formation reactions initiated by visible light-induced photoredox catalysis, which mainly focusing on the discussion of reaction design and the mechanism.