The mechanistic details of a reported allylation reaction are investigated by means of Stern–Volmer experiments and nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Both reference substrates, i.e., an allylic chloride and a trifluoroacetamide, are inefficient quenchers but large quenching rate constants are observed upon the addition of Ni(COD)2 and a bisoxazoline ligand. The large quenching rate constants and absence of observable photoproducts are consistent with a mechanism that operates by energy transfer between the excited-state iridium photosensitizer and the nickel complex.
Bourgois, C., De Kreijger, S., Xu, B., Tambar, U. K., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Spectroscopic Investigation of the Remote C–H Allylation of Amides via Photoredox and Nickel Dual Catalysis. Synlett : accounts and rapid communications in synthetic organic chemistry, 35, A-F. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2259-3594 (Original work published 2024)