Feature Article
Peroxodicarbonate – a renaissance of an electrochemically generated green oxidizer
Peroxodicarbonate, accessible from direct anodic conversion of alkali carbonates, has experienced a renaissance in the past two decades. An overview of its history, synthesis, characteristics and reactivity is provided.
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Selective lactic acid synthesis via ethylene glycol electrooxidation in borate buffer
Efficient and selective electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived ethylene glycol to lactic acid is achieved over nickel catalyst by controlling the pH of the electrolyte solution.
Communication
Wireless asymmetric umpolung electrosynthesis
Electroorganic synthesis has become an exciting tool for the asymmetric conversion of pro-chiral compounds.
Communication
Simple electrochemical synthesis of cyclic hydroxamic acids by reduction of nitroarenes
A simple and scalable electrosynthesis of a broad scope of 4-hydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones was developed by simple reduction of inexpensive nitroarenes.
Electrochemical synthesis of β-difluoromethylamide compounds by N-benzenesulfonylacrylamide with difluorine reagents
A mild and efficient electrochemical method for radical addition, cyclization, and migration reaction was described in this work.
Electrochemically-driven difunctionalization of the isocyanide and Mumm rearrangement cascade: expeditious synthesis of N-acyl–N-alkyl S-thiocarbamates
A novel electrochemical multicomponent reaction (e-MCR) synthesizes N-substituted S-thiocarbamate derivatives from isocyanides, thiols, and carboxylic acids via a difunctionalization and Mumm rearrangement cascade.
One-pot C(sp3)–H difluoroalkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines and isochromans via electrochemical oxidation and organozinc alkylation
The α-C(sp3)–H difluoroalkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines and isochromans via electrochemical oxidation was developed using organozinc reagents to achieve a broad substrate scope under mild reaction conditions.
Electrochemical quinuclidine-mediated Minisci-type acylation of N-heterocycles with aldehydes
The electro-generation of acyl radicals from both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes is a synthetic challenge. We addressed this challenge by merging electro-oxidation and a quinuclidine-mediated HAT strategy.
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Evaluating the native oxide of titanium as an electrocatalyst for oxalic acid reduction
Titanium electrodes bearing the naturally-forming native oxide coating are competent for the electroreduction of oxalic acid to glyoxylate and glycolate.
Organophotoelectrocatalytic C(sp2)–H alkylation of heteroarenes with unactivated C(sp3)–H compounds
An organophotoelectrocatalytic method for the C(sp2)–H alkylation of heteroarenes with unactivated C(sp3)–H compounds via dehydrogenation cross-coupling was developed.
Electrochemical oxidative C–C bond cleavage of methylenecyclopropanes with alcohols
Herein, an electrochemical approach toward the ring opening functionalization of methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs) via C–C bond cleavage in the presence of alcohols is reported.
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Electrochemical low valent cobalt-catalyzed addition of aryl and vinyl chlorides to α-ketoamides via C–Cl bond activation
The development of an electrochemical cobalt catalyzed C–Cl bond activation at room temperature for the nucleophilic addition of aryl and vinyl chlorides to α-ketoamides and the extension to an enantioselective electrochemical reaction is described.
About this collection
Electrochemically driven catalytic organic transformations is a topic with the transformative power to overcome contemporary synthetic challenges. Innovations in the past several years have demonstrated the unique opportunities that the combination of catalysis and organic electrosynthesis present with respect to, e.g., selectivity and reactivity as well as efficiency and sustainability. Guest edited by Professor Lutz Ackermann (University of Goettingen, Germany) Professor Helena Lundberg Anker (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) and Professor Hai-Chao Xu (Xiamen University, China), this special collection highlights the exciting developments in the field and will cover synthetic method development as well as mechanistic studies of electro-organic transformations mediated by homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts.