“…α-Aryl carbonyls are structural motifs present in both natural and synthetic bioactive products (e.g., the antiplatelet agent Prasugrel), − whose synthesis has been, in the 20th century, an exclusive domain of transition-metal-catalyzed processes, − with the only exception represented by the (thermal- or photoinitiated) S RN 1 coupling of aryl halides with aggressive enolate anions , and the arylation of enol silyl ethers via photogenerated triplet aryl cations (in turn obtained only from 4-chloro and 4-fluoroanilines). , However, the recent bursting of visible light photoredox-catalyzed processes has changed dramatically the way-of-thinking of organic chemistry practitioners. , In such an approach, a thermally stable substrate is activated under mild conditions, by a photoexcited catalyst via a monoelectronic oxidation/reduction step, to generate a high-energy intermediate (e.g., a radical or a radical ion) able to react with a coupling partner. − In this regard, the trapping of a photogenerated aryl radical by an enolate derivative (mainly enol acetates) has emerged as one of the most proposed strategies to achieve α-arylated carbonyls. − Among the suitable precursors of aryl radicals made active under photoredox catalysis conditions, the class of aryl diazonium salts is the most preferred, and the reaction was carried out in the presence of Ru(II)-based complexes (Scheme , path a), porphyrins (path b), and organic dyes in the role of photocatalyst. It should be noticed, however, that the same reaction was found to occur in discrete to good yields also under thermal conditions, by using either salicylic acid or a UiO-66 metal organic framework as the promoters.…”