Ni-deposited mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (Ni-mpg-CNx) is introduced as an inexpensive, robust, easily synthesizable and recyclable material that functions integrated dual photocatalytic system. This overcomes the need of expensive photosensitizers, organic ligands additives well limitations catalyst deactivation in existing photo/Ni catalytic cross-coupling reactions. The Ni-mpg-CNx dem...

Selective activation of the C(sp3)−H bond is an important process in organic synthesis, where efficiently activating a specific without causing side reactions remains one chemistry's great challenges. Here we report that illuminated plasmonic silver metal nanoparticles (NPs) can abstract hydrogen from Cα atom alkyl aryl ether β-O-4 linkage. The intense electromagnetic near-field generated at NP...