Photoredox sheds new light on nickel catalysis: from carbon-carbon to carbon-heteroatom bond formation

This highlight describes the recent emergence of photoredox/nickel dual catalysis to generate carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. To address the challenges in traditional nickel-catalyzed couplings, the application of photoredox catalysis facilitates transmetallation via single-electron transfer and generation of highly reactive nickel(III) intermediates to promote reductive elimination, thus providing new opportunities for nickel-catalysis.