Recent advances in visible light-driven phosphine-mediated transformations

The literature on the use of trivalent phosphines in the activation of electrophilic unsaturated reagents is large. However, the application of such derivatives for the generation of radical intermediates has received attention only in the past decade. This review provides a detailed description of the phosphine-mediated-photocatalyzed and photoredox-catalyzed protocols for the formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds proposed in the last decade.