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 …

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 …

A fruitful decade of organofluorine chemistry: new reagents and reactions

FL Qing, XY Liu, JA Ma, Q Shen, Q Song… - CCS …, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
The development of synthetic methods for the introduction of the fluorine atom and
fluoroalklyl groups into organic molecules has gained increased attention. Synthetic organic …

A Paradigm Shift in Catalysis: Electro-and Photomediated Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

MD Palkowitz, MA Emmanuel… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are fundamental reactions
in organic chemistry, facilitating strategic bond formations for accessing natural products …

Electrochemical oxidation induced selective C–C bond cleavage

SH Shi, Y Liang, N Jiao - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Selective C–C bond cleavage under mild conditions can serve as a valuable tool for organic
syntheses and macromolecular degradation. However, the conventional chemical methods …

Decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoexcitation of Cu(ii) carboxylates

QY Li, SN Gockel, GA Lutovsky, KS DeGlopper… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reactions that enable carbon–nitrogen, carbon–oxygen and carbon–carbon bond formation
lie at the heart of synthetic chemistry. However, substrate prefunctionalization is often …

New redox strategies in organic synthesis by means of electrochemistry and photochemistry

J Liu, L Lu, D Wood, S Lin - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the breadth of radical chemistry grows, new means to promote and regulate single-
electron redox activities play increasingly important roles in driving modern synthetic …

A Survival Guide for the “Electro-curious”

C Kingston, MD Palkowitz, Y Takahira… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The appeal and promise of synthetic organic electrochemistry have been
appreciated over the past century. In terms of redox chemistry, which is frequently …

Overcoming the limitations of Kolbe coupling with waveform-controlled electrosynthesis

Y Hioki, M Costantini, J Griffin, KC Harper, MP Merini… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The Kolbe reaction forms carbon-carbon bonds through electrochemical decarboxylative
coupling. Despite more than a century of study, the reaction has seen limited applications …

[HTML][HTML] Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides

P Li, C Guo, S Wang, D Ma, T Feng, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Herein, a facile and general electroreductive deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides (X= Cl,
Br, I) or pseudo-halides (X= OMs) using D2O as the economical deuterium source was …