Alexander V Astakhov, Gennady S Komarov, Igor V Lavrentev, Nikita S Shlapakov, Anastasiia P Samorodnova, Vladislav M Korshunov, Ilya V Taydakov, Victor M Chernyshev, Valentine P Ananikov
Replacing a carbazole unit in 4CzIPN with electron-deficient azoles affords photocatalysts with enhanced excited-state oxidation potentials (up to +1.62 V vs. SCE). The benzimidazole derivative BMz3CzIPN outperforms 4CzIPN in redox-neutral decarboxylative Giese addition and oxidative anisole bromination, and proves more efficient in the challenging long-term reductive dechlorination of 4-chloroanisole.