文摘
The B鈥揝 bond in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)鈥揵oryl sulfides can be cleaved homolytically to NHC鈥揵oryl or NHC鈥搕hioboryl and thiyl radicals using light, either directly around 300 nm or with a sensitizer at a longer wavelength (>340 nm). In contrast, the electrochemical reductive cleavage of the B鈥揝 bond is difficult. This easy photolytic cleavage makes the NHC鈥揵oryl sulfides good type I photopolymerization initiators for the polymerization of acrylates under air.