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 synthesis using nitroxides

D Leifert, A Studer - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitroxides, also known as nitroxyl radicals, are long-lived or stable radicals with the general
structure R1R2N–O•. The spin distribution over the nitroxide N and O atoms contributes to …

Ferrocene-Mediated Photocatalytic Annulation of N-Sulfonyl Ketimines on a Polycrystalline WSe2 Semiconductor Photocatalyst

YH Lu, C Wu, JC Hou, ZL Wu, MH Zhou, XJ Huang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A merger of heterogeneous polycrystalline WSe2 semiconductor photocatalysis and
homogeneous ferrocene redox catalysis for the cascade radical coupling-annulation …

Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts

C Ma, P Fang, ZR Liu, SS Xu, K Xu, X Cheng, A Lei… - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic electrosynthesis has been widely used as an environmentally conscious alternative
to conventional methods for redox reactions because it utilizes electric current as a traceless …

Electrode materials in modern organic electrochemistry

DM Heard, AJJ Lennox - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The choice of electrode material is critical for achieving optimal yields and selectivity in
synthetic organic electrochemistry. The material imparts significant influence on the kinetics …

Electrochemical oxidation of organic molecules at lower overpotential: Accessing broader functional group compatibility with electron− proton transfer mediators

F Wang, SS Stahl - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Electrochemical organic oxidation reactions are highly appealing because
protons are often effective terminal electron acceptors, thereby avoiding undesirable …

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 …

An electrocatalytic approach to the radical difunctionalization of alkenes

GS Sauer, S Lin - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Given its many distinct characteristics, electrochemistry represents an attractive approach to
meet the prevailing trends in organic synthesis. In particular, electrocatalysis—a process that …

Ferrocene‐based metal–organic framework nanosheets as a robust oxygen evolution catalyst

J Liang, X Gao, B Guo, Y Ding, J Yan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report the synthesis of two‐dimensional metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) on nickel
foam (NF) by assembling nickel chloride hexahydrate and 1, 1′‐ferrocenedicarboxylic acid …

Microfluidic electrochemistry for single-electron transfer redox-neutral reactions

Y Mo, Z Lu, G Rughoobur, P Patil, N Gershenfeld… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Electrochemistry offers opportunities to promote single-electron transfer (SET) redox-neutral
chemistries similar to those recently discovered using visible-light photocatalysis but without …