Issue 25, 2021

Recent progress on electrochemical synthesis involving carboxylic acids

Abstract

Carboxylic acids are not only essential sections of medicinal molecules, natural products and agrochemicals but also basic building blocks for organic synthesis. However, high temperature, expensive catalysts and excess oxidants are normally required for carboxylic acid group transformations. Therefore, more eco-friendly and efficient methods are urgently needed. Organic electrochemistry, as an environmentally friendly and sustainable synthetic method, can potentially avoid the above problems and is favored by more and more organic chemists. This review summarized the recent progress on the electrochemical synthesis of carboxylic acids to construct more complex compounds, emphasizing the development of electrosynthesis methodologies and mechanisms in order to attract more chemists to recognize the importance and applications of electrochemical synthesis.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress on electrochemical synthesis involving carboxylic acids

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 Mar 2021
Accepted
31 Mar 2021
First published
03 Jun 2021

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 5501-5520

Recent progress on electrochemical synthesis involving carboxylic acids

N. Chen, Z. Ye and F. Zhang, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 5501 DOI: 10.1039/D1OB00420D

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