N-Containing Heterocycles on Demand by Merging Ni Catalysis and Photoredox PCET

Nitrogen-containing heterocycles are among the most ubiquitous motifs in pharmaceuticals. Therefore, the design of mild, practical, and modular protocols for their synthesis is still in high demand. In this issue of Chem, Molander and co-workers report the merger of visible-light photoredox proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) with nickel catalysis as a vehicle for rapidly accessing privileged five-membered heterocyclic cores from simple precursors