Electrochemical dehydrogenative intramolecular C–C coupling for expedient carbazole synthesis
Albertus Denny
Handoko, 
a
Chi-Lik Ken
Lee,
a
Philip W.
Miller,
b
Mark R.
Crimmin
b
and
Balamurugan
Ramalingam
*ac
a
Chi-Lik Ken
Lee,
a
Philip W.
Miller,
b
Mark R.
Crimmin
b
and
Balamurugan
Ramalingam
*ac
Abstract
An electrochemical method for carbazole synthesis via dehydrogenative aryl–aryl coupling of arylamines under metal-free conditions at ambient temperature is presented. The reactivity of arylamines is rationalised by cyclic voltammetry and density functional theory (DFT) studies to provide a preliminary understanding of the observed regioselectivity.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Electrochemically driven catalytic organic transformations
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