This review summarizes the recent progress the emerging area of photochemical reaction initiated by Electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complex in synthetic organic chemistry. Recent developments in the photochemical carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bond formation using expensive transition-metal catalysts, toxic reagents, photoinduced bond dissociation are well known. Although the physicochemical properties of EDA complexes have been enormously studied in applied and materials chemistry but their use in synthetic chemistry remains unexplored. Great importance has given to develop an environmentally benign technology in order to improve the processes of radical generation. The radical reaction via EDA complexes process attracted much attention and achieved many advances in organic synthetic filed owing to avoiding the use of expensive transition-metal catalysts, toxic reagents, as well as explosive oxidants. We believe that this review will update researchers focused on searching new photochemical reaction via EDA mechanism and will encourage further growth in this field.

这篇综述总结了在合成有机化学中电子给体-受体（EDA）配合物引发的光化学反应新兴领域的最新进展。使用昂贵的过渡金属催化剂，有毒试剂，光致键解离形成光化学碳-碳和碳-杂原子键的最新进展是众所周知的。尽管已经在应用和材料化学中对EDA配合物的物理化学性质进行了广泛的研究，但在合成化学中的应用仍未得到开发。为了改善自由基产生的过程，已经非常重视开发一种对环境有益的技术。由于避免使用昂贵的过渡金属催化剂，有毒试剂以及爆炸性氧化剂，通过EDA络合物工艺进行的自由基反应引起了人们的广泛关注，并在有机合成领域取得了许多进展。我们相信，这篇评论将为研究人员提供最新信息，使他们专注于通过EDA机制寻找新的光化学反应，并将鼓励该领域的进一步发展。