The elementary steps of transition-metal catalysis can be thwarted by high energy barriers. Now, by designing light-harvesting ligands on rhodium centres, these barriers are lowered or circumvented by accessing the excited state of the metal, enabling otherwise challenging reactivity at room temperature.
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Anderson, E.A. Exciting catalysts for borylation and benzene synthesis. Nat. Synth 2, 475–477 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00288-5
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