Issue 46, 2020

Synthetic half-reactions

Abstract

This perspective on reactivity introduces Synthetic Half-Reactions (SHRs) as a way to analyze chemical transformations. SHRs denote either an uphill transformation leading to a higher energy state or a downhill transformation leading to a lower energy state. Using well-established processes, I show how the matching of different classes of SHRs offers a tool to classify chemical transformations. This raises the possibility to discover new processes by finding underappreciated combinations of endergonic and exergonic steps.

Graphical abstract: Synthetic half-reactions

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
15 7 2020
Accepted
06 9 2020
First published
09 9 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 12423-12427

Synthetic half-reactions

A. K. Yudin, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 12423 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03876H

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