A guide to organic electroreduction using sacrificial anodes

Y Li, L Wen, W Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic electrosynthesis is a green strategy for the synthesis of valuable molecules.
Electrochemical reactions using sacrificial metal anodes enable new reactivity to be …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in cathodic reduction-enabled organic electrosynthesis: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

B Huang, Z Sun, G Sun - eScience, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared with general redox chemistry, electrochemistry using the electron as a potent,
controllable, yet traceless alternative to chemical oxidants/reductants usually offers more …

Three-Component Cross-Electrophile Coupling: Regioselective Electrochemical Dialkylation of Alkenes

L Lu, Y Wang, W Zhang, W Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cross-electrophile dialkylation of alkenes enables the formation of two C (sp3)–C (sp3)
bonds from readily available starting materials in a single transformation, thereby providing …

Electrocarboxylation of Aryl Epoxides with CO2 for the Facile and Selective Synthesis of β‐Hydroxy Acids

Y Wang, S Tang, G Yang, S Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, an efficient and facile approach to valuable β‐hydroxy acid derivatives from readily
available aryl epoxides and CO2 with high chemo‐and regioselectivity under mild and …

Metal‐Free Electrochemical Carboxylation of Organic Halides in the Presence of Catalytic Amounts of an Organomediator

Y Wang, Z Zhao, D Pan, S Wang, K Jia… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, an electroreductive carboxylation of organic carbon‐halogen bonds (X= Br and Cl)
promoted by catalytic amounts of naphthalene as an organic mediator is reported. This …

Electrochemically Driven Deoxygenative Borylation of Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds

W Guan, Y Chang, S Lin - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present a new, unified approach for the transformation of benzylic and allylic alcohols,
aldehydes, and ketones into boronic esters under electroreductive conditions. Key to our …

Electrochemical Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Tosylates

MYS Ibrahim, GR Cumming… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Formation of new C (sp3)–C (sp3) bonds is a powerful synthetic tool to increase molecular
diversity, which is highly sought after in medicinal chemistry. Traditional generation of …

[HTML][HTML] Deep electroreductive chemistry: harnessing carbon-and silicon-based reactive intermediates in organic synthesis

W Zhang, W Guan, JI Martinez Alvarado… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of general and selective methods to generate and transform reactive
intermediates such as radicals, cations, and anions remains an important objective in …

Electron‐Poor Acridones and Acridiniums as Super Photooxidants in Molecular Photoelectrochemistry by Unusual Mechanisms

J Žurauskas, S Boháčová, S Wu, V Butera… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electron‐deficient acridones and in situ generated acridinium salts are reported as potent,
closed‐shell photooxidants that undergo surprising mechanisms. When bridging acyclic …

Recent Advances in C(sp3)–C(sp3) and C(sp3)–C(sp2) Bond Formation through Cathodic Reactions: Reductive and Convergent Paired Electrolyses

A Claraz, G Masson - ACS Organic & Inorganic Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The formation of C (sp3)–C (sp3) and C (sp3)–C (sp2) bonds is one of the major research
goals of synthetic chemists. Electrochemistry is commonly considered to be an appealing …