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Abstract The control of selectivity in the reactions of the highly reactive open‐shell carbon radicals is an attractive but often challenging task. Building on the strategy of photoinduced iminyl radical‐mediated C−C bond cleavage, we have developed photocatalytic neophyl rearrangement and reduction of distal carbon radicals under visible light irradiation of O ‐acyl oximes. This mild protocol tolerates a wide range of readily available O ‐acyl oximes, enabling facile synthesis of diversely substituted α,β ‐unsaturated nitriles and β ‐functionalized saturated nitriles in a highly selective manner. magnified image
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