Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Organic electrochemistry: molecular syntheses with potential

C Zhu, NWJ Ang, TH Meyer, Y Qiu… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient and selective molecular syntheses are paramount to inter alia biomolecular
chemistry and material sciences as well as for practitioners in chemical, agrochemical, and …

Electro-organic synthesis–a 21 st century technique

D Pollok, SR Waldvogel - Chemical science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The severe limitations of fossil fuels and finite resources influence the scientific community to
reconsider chemical synthesis and establish sustainable techniques. Several promising …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and oxygen

SC Perry, D Pangotra, L Vieira, LI Csepei… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
H2O2 is important in large-scale industrial processes and smaller on-site activities. The
present industrial route to H2O2 involves hydrogenation of an anthraquinone and O2 …

The fundamentals behind the use of flow reactors in electrochemistry

T Noël, Y Cao, G Laudadio - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In the past decade, research into continuous-flow chemistry has gained a lot of
traction among researchers in both academia and industry. Especially, microreactors have …

Synthetic organic electrochemical methods since 2000: on the verge of a renaissance

M Yan, Y Kawamata, PS Baran - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrochemistry represents one of the most intimate ways of interacting with molecules. This
review discusses advances in synthetic organic electrochemistry since 2000. Enabling …

Electrochemical strategies for C–H functionalization and C–N bond formation

MD Kärkäs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional methods for carrying out carbon–hydrogen functionalization and carbon–
nitrogen bond formation are typically conducted at elevated temperatures, and rely on …

Homogeneously catalyzed electroreduction of carbon dioxide—methods, mechanisms, and catalysts

R Francke, B Schille, M Roemelt - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The utilization of CO2 via electrochemical reduction constitutes a promising approach
toward production of value-added chemicals or fuels using intermittent renewable energy …

Using physical organic chemistry to shape the course of electrochemical reactions

KD Moeller - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
While organic electrochemistry can look quite different to a chemist not familiar with the
technique, the reactions are at their core organic reactions. As such, they are developed and …

Making electrochemistry easily accessible to the synthetic chemist

C Schotten, TP Nicholls, RA Bourne, N Kapur… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A significantly renewed interest in synthetic electrochemistry is apparent in the increasing
number of publications over the last few years. Electrochemical synthesis offers a mild …