Electrocatalysis as an enabling technology for organic synthesis

LFT Novaes, J Liu, Y Shen, L Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemistry has recently gained increased attention as a versatile strategy for
achieving challenging transformations at the forefront of synthetic organic chemistry …

Recent applications of homogeneous catalysis in electrochemical organic synthesis

X Cheng, A Lei, TS Mei, HC Xu, K Xu… - CCS Chemistry, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Although the combination of electrochemistry and homogeneous catalysis has proven to be
a powerful strategy for achieving a diverse array of novel transformations, some challenges …

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 …

Organic electrochemistry: molecular syntheses with potential

C Zhu, NWJ Ang, TH Meyer, Y Qiu… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient and selective molecular syntheses are paramount to inter alia biomolecular
chemistry and material sciences as well as for practitioners in chemical, agrochemical, and …

Enantioselective radical reactions using chiral catalysts

S Mondal, F Dumur, D Gigmes, MP Sibi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the impressive increase in fundamental knowledge, the last 20 years have
shown a continuous burst of new ideas and consequently a plethora of new catalytic …

Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site-and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds

CY Cai, XL Lai, Y Wang, HH Hu, J Song, Y Yang… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The enantioselective functionalization of ubiquitous C (sp 3)–H bonds is ideally suited for
the construction of three-dimensional chiral structures. However, organic molecules often …

Copper-catalyzed radical relay in C (sp 3)–H functionalization

Z Zhang, P Chen, G Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radical-involved transition metal (TM) catalysis has greatly enabled new reactivities in
recent decades. Copper-catalyzed radical relay offers enormous potential in C (sp3)–H …

Catalyzing electrosynthesis: a homogeneous electrocatalytic approach to reaction discovery

JC Siu, N Fu, S Lin - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Electrochemistry has been used as a tool to drive chemical reactions for over
two centuries. With the help of an electrode and a power source, chemists are bestowed with …

Powering the future: how can electrochemistry make a difference in organic synthesis?

TH Meyer, I Choi, C Tian, L Ackermann - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
The full control of redox events is of utmost importance to key aspects of molecular
synthesis. As a consequence, chemists have recognized the power of electrochemistry for …