iScience,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
23(11), P. 101720 - 101720
Published: Oct. 23, 2020
A
revitalization
of
organic
electrosynthesis
has
incited
the
chemistry
community
to
adopt
electrochemistry
as
a
green
and
cost-efficient
method
for
activating
small
molecules
replace
highly
toxic
expensive
redox
chemicals.
However,
many
critical
challenges
batch
electrosynthesis,
especially
synthesis,
still
remain.
The
combination
continuous
flow
technology
is
potent
means
enable
industry
implement
large
scale
electrosynthesis.
Indeed,
helps
overcome
problems
that
mainly
arise
from
macro
electro-organic
systems,
such
mass
transfer,
ohmic
drop,
selectivity,
but
this
far
being
flawless
generic
applicable
process.
As
result,
notable
increase
in
research
on
methodology
hardware
sophistication
emerged,
hitherto
uncharted
chemistries
have
been
achieved.
To
better
help
commercialization
wide-scale
electrification
we
highlight
perspective
advances
made
large-scale
its
future
trajectory
while
pointing
out
main
key
improvements
current
methodologies.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(2), P. 2487 - 2649
Published: Nov. 9, 2021
Redox
processes
are
at
the
heart
of
synthetic
methods
that
rely
on
either
electrochemistry
or
photoredox
catalysis,
but
how
do
and
catalysis
compare?
Both
approaches
provide
access
to
high
energy
intermediates
(e.g.,
radicals)
enable
bond
formations
not
constrained
by
rules
ionic
2
electron
(e)
mechanisms.
Instead,
they
1e
mechanisms
capable
bypassing
electronic
steric
limitations
protecting
group
requirements,
thus
enabling
chemists
disconnect
molecules
in
new
different
ways.
However,
while
providing
similar
intermediates,
differ
several
physical
chemistry
principles.
Understanding
those
differences
can
be
key
designing
transformations
forging
disconnections.
This
review
aims
highlight
these
similarities
between
comparing
their
underlying
principles
describing
impact
electrochemical
photochemical
methods.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
379(6636), P. 1036 - 1042
Published: March 10, 2023
Enantioselective
redox
transformations
typically
rely
on
costly
transition
metals
as
catalysts
and
often
stoichiometric
amounts
of
chemical
agents
well.
Electrocatalysis
represents
a
more
sustainable
alternative,
in
particular
through
the
use
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER)
place
oxidant.
In
this
work,
we
describe
strategies
for
HER-coupled
enantioselective
aryl
carbon-hydrogen
bond
(C-H)
activation
reactions
using
cobalt
precious
metal
catalyst
asymmetric
oxidation.
Thus,
highly
nitrogen-hydrogen
(C-H
N-H)
annulations
carboxylic
amides
were
achieved,
which
gave
access
to
point
axially
chiral
compounds.
Furthermore,
cobalt-mediated
electrocatalysis
enabled
preparation
various
phosphorus
(P)-stereogenic
compounds
by
selective
desymmetrization
dehydrogenative
C-H
reactions.
Green Synthesis and Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
2(2), P. 165 - 178
Published: March 29, 2021
There
is
a
resurgence
of
interests
in
organic
electrochemistry,
which
generally
accepted
as
green
synthetic
tool.
In
this
context,
many
electrochemical
methods
have
been
developed
the
past
decade
to
access
various
nitrogen-centered
radicals
(NCRs)
from
readily
available
precursors
controlled
fashion,
enabling
rapid
development
NCR-mediated
new
reactions
for
construction
nitrogen-containing
compounds.
review,
recent
advances
chemistry
electrochemically
generated
NCRs
are
critically
highlighted,
based
on
strategies
their
formation
and
types
NCRs.
Focus
put
mechanism
generation
different
applications.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
143(38), P. 15599 - 15605
Published: Sept. 17, 2021
An
electrochemical
asymmetric
coupling
of
secondary
acyclic
amines
with
ketones
via
a
Shono-type
oxidation
has
been
described,
affording
the
corresponding
amino
acid
derivatives
good
to
excellent
diastereoselectivity
and
enantioselectivity.
The
addition
an
N-oxyl
radical
as
redox
mediator
could
selectively
oxidize
substrate
rather
than
product,
although
their
potential
difference
is
subtle
(about
13
mV).
This
transformation
proceeds
in
absence
stoichiometric
additives,
including
metals,
oxidants,
electrolytes,
which
gives
it
functional
group
compatibility.
Mechanistic
studies
suggest
that
proton-mediated
racemization
product
prevented
by
reduction
protons
at
cathode.
eScience,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
2(3), P. 243 - 277
Published: April 23, 2022
Compared
with
general
redox
chemistry,
electrochemistry
using
the
electron
as
a
potent,
controllable,
yet
traceless
alternative
to
chemical
oxidants/reductants
usually
offers
more
sustainable
options
for
achieving
selective
organic
synthesis.
With
its
environmentally
benign
features
gradually
being
uncovered
and
studied,
electrosynthesis
is
currently
undergoing
revival
becoming
rapidly
growing
area
within
synthetic
community.
Among
electrochemical
transformations,
anodically
enabled
ones
have
been
far
extensively
exploited
than
those
driven
by
cathodic
reduction,
although
both
approaches
are
conceptually
attractive.
To
stimulate
development
of
cathodically
reactions,
this
review
summarizes
recently
developed
reductive
electrosynthetic
protocols,
discussing
highlighting
reaction
features,
substrate
scopes,
applications,
plausible
mechanisms
reveal
recent
trends
in
area.
Herein,
reduction-enabled
preparative
transformations
categorized
into
four
types:
reduction
(1)
unsaturated
hydrocarbons,
(2)
heteroatom-containing
carbon-based
systems,
(3)
saturated
C-hetero
or
C–C
polar/strained
bonds,
(4)
hetero-hetero
linkages.
Apart
from
net
electroreductive
few
examples
photo-electrosynthesis
well
paired
electrolysis
also
introduced,
which
offer
opportunities
overcome
certain
limitations
improve
versatility.
The
electrochemically
driven,
transition
metal-catalyzed
cross-couplings
that
comprehensively
discussed
several
other
reviews
not
included
here.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(41)
Published: Aug. 31, 2022
Fabricating
single-atom
electrodes
via
atomic
dispersion
of
active
metal
atoms
into
monolithic
supports
is
great
significance
to
advancing
the
lab-to-fab
translation
electrochemical
technologies.
Here,
we
report
an
inherent
oxide
anchoring
strategy
fasten
ligand-free
isolated
Ru
on
amorphous
layer
Ti
support
by
regulating
electronic
metal-support
interactions.
The
prepared
single
atom
electrode
exhibited
exceptional
chlorine
evolution
activity,
three
orders
magnitude
higher
mass
activity
than
that
commercial
dimensionally
stable
anode,
and
also
selectively
reduced
nitrate
ammonia
with
unprecedented
yield
rate
22.2
mol
g-1
h-1
at
-0.3
V.
Furthermore,
can
be
scaled
up
from
2×2
cm
25×15
least,
thus
demonstrating
potential
for
industrial
electrocatalytic
applications.