Reposted by Jason Gavenonis
Developers and practitioners of photochemical reactions have to reckon with reproducibility—this simple paper is an intriguing wake-up call. A 2-dram vial positioned 1 cm from a 3-Watt LED heats up by over 40 ºC!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Temperature and reproducibility in photocatalysis - Nature Chemistry
In recent years, there has been a surge in the development of reactions using photoredox catalysis. However, the ability to reproduce these reactions varies wildly, owing to key factors such as light ...
