Electrochemical late-stage functionalization

Y Wang, S Dana, H Long, Y Xu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Late-stage functionalization (LSF) constitutes a powerful strategy for the assembly or
diversification of novel molecular entities with improved physicochemical or biological …

Electrophotocatalysis: combining light and electricity to catalyze reactions

H Huang, KA Steiniger, TH Lambert - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Visible-light photocatalysis and electrocatalysis are two powerful strategies for the promotion
of chemical reactions that have received tremendous attention in recent years. In contrast …

Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources

V Martinez, T Stolar, B Karadeniz, I Brekalo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to its efficiency and unique reactivity, mechanochemical processing of bulk solids has
developed into a powerful tool for the synthesis and transformation of various classes of …

Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts

C Ma, P Fang, ZR Liu, SS Xu, K Xu, X Cheng, A Lei… - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic electrosynthesis has been widely used as an environmentally conscious alternative
to conventional methods for redox reactions because it utilizes electric current as a traceless …

Nickel-catalyzed enantioselective electrochemical reductive cross-coupling of aryl aziridines with alkenyl bromides

X Hu, I Cheng-Sánchez… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An electrochemically driven nickel-catalyzed enantioselective reductive cross-coupling of
aryl aziridines with alkenyl bromides has been developed, affording enantioenriched β-aryl …

Direct decarboxylative Giese reactions

DM Kitcatt, S Nicolle, AL Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The quest to find milder and more sustainable methods to generate highly reactive, carbon-
centred intermediates has led to a resurgence of interest in radical chemistry. In particular …

EtOH-catalyzed electrosynthesis of imidazolidine-fused sulfamidates from N-sulfonyl ketimines, N-arylglycines and formaldehyde

YH Lu, SY Mu, HX Li, J Jiang, C Wu, MH Zhou… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With formaldehyde as an atom-economical carbonyl synthon, the EtOH-catalyzed
electrochemical multicomponent synthesis of various imidazolidine-fused sulfamidates was …

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 …

Organo‐Mediator Enabled Electrochemical Deuteration of Styrenes

K Yang, T Feng, Y Qiu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite widespread use of the deuterium isotope effect, selective deuterium labeling of
chemical molecules remains a major challenge. Herein, a facile and general …