Photocatalysis can expand the reactivity of transition-metal catalysts by enabling new reaction pathways under mild conditions. Now, a trifunctional zirconium catalytic system is developed that combines photochemical, redox and Lewis acid catalysis for the modular assembly of diverse benzylamines directly from aryl aldehydes, alkanes and nitriles under mild conditions.
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