As the breadth of radical chemistry grows, new means to promote and regulate single-electron redox activities play increasingly important roles in driving modern synthetic innovation. In this regard, photochemistry and electrochemistry—both considered as niche fields for decades—have seen an explosive renewal of interest in recent years and gradually have become a cornerstone of organic chemistry. In this Outlook article, we examine the current state-of-the-art in the areas of electrochemistry and photochemistry, as well as the nascent area of electrophotochemistry. These techniques employ external stimuli to activate organic molecules and imbue privileged control of reaction progress and selectivity that is challenging to traditional chemical methods. Thus, they provide alternative entries to known and new reactive intermediates and enable distinct synthetic strategies that were previously unimaginable. Of the many hallmarks, electro- and photochemistry are often classified as “green” technologies, promoting organic reactions under mild conditions without the necessity for potent and wasteful oxidants and reductants. This Outlook reviews the most recent growth of these fields with special emphasis on conceptual advances that have given rise to enhanced accessibility to the tools of the modern chemical trade.

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通过电化学和光化学进行有机合成的新氧化还原策略。

随着自由基化学范围的扩大，促进和调节单电子氧化还原活性的新方法在推动现代合成创新中发挥着越来越重要的作用。在这方面，光化学和电化学——几十年来都被认为是利基领域——近年来出现了爆炸性的兴趣更新，并逐渐成为有机化学的基石。在这篇 Outlook 文章中，我们研究了电化学和光化学领域的最新技术，以及电化学光化学的新兴领域。这些技术利用外部刺激来激活有机分子，并赋予对反应进程和选择性的特权控制，这对传统化学方法来说是挑战。因此，它们为已知和新的反应中间体提供了替代方案，并实现了以前无法想象的独特合成策略。在众多特征中，电化学和光化学通常被归类为“绿色”技术，可在温和条件下促进有机反应，而无需使用强效且浪费的氧化剂和还原剂。本展望回顾了这些领域的最新增长，特别强调了概念上的进步，这些进步提高了现代化学品贸易工具的可及性。