Recent progress in cathodic reduction-enabled organic electrosynthesis: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

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.

Language: Английский

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Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: June 30, 2022

Abstract Herein, a facile and general electroreductive deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides (X = Cl, Br, I) or pseudo-halides OMs) using D 2 O as the economical deuterium source was reported. In addition to primary secondary halides, sterically hindered tertiary chlorides also work very well, affording target deuterodehalogenated products with excellent efficiency incorporation. More than 60 examples are provided, including late-stage dehalogenative natural products, pharmaceuticals, their derivatives, all incorporation (up 99% D), demonstrating potential utility developed method in organic synthesis. Furthermore, does not require external catalysts tolerates high current, showing possible use industrial applications.

Language: Английский

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Electrocarboxylation of Aryl Epoxides with CO₂for the Facile and Selective Synthesis of β‐Hydroxy Acids

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 61(38)

Published: July 30, 2022

Abstract Herein, an efficient and facile approach to valuable β‐hydroxy acid derivatives from readily available aryl epoxides CO 2 with high chemo‐ regioselectivity under mild sustainable electrochemical conditions is described. This showed broad substrate scope good functional‐group compatibility. In addition epoxides, four‐ six‐membered cyclic ethers could all be tolerated in the reaction provide synthetically useful hydroxy acids efficiency. Further late‐stage carboxylation of complex molecules drug demonstrated its potential application pharmaceutical industry. Mechanistic studies disclosed possible pathways.

Language: Английский

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A guide to organic electroreduction using sacrificial anodes

Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 52(4), P. 1168 - 1188

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

This review focuses on recent advances in sacrificial anode-enabled organic electroreductions.

Language: Английский

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Electroreductive Dicarboxylation of Unactivated Skipped Dienes with CO₂

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(23)

Published: April 3, 2023

Carboxylation of easily available alkenes with CO2 is highly important to afford value-added carboxylic acids. Although dicarboxylation activated alkenes, especially 1,3-dienes, has been widely investigated, the challenging unactivated 1,n-dienes (n>3) remains unexplored. Herein, we report first skipped dienes via electrochemistry, affording valuable dicarboxylic Control experiments and DFT calculations support single electron transfer (SET) reduction its radical anion, which followed by sluggish addition SET unstabilized alkyl radicals carbanions nucleophilic attack on give desired products. This reaction features mild conditions, broad substrate scope, facile derivations products promising application in polymer chemistry.

Language: Английский

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Electrochemical radical-polar crossover: a radical approach to polar chemistry

Science China Chemistry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 67(2), P. 450 - 470

Published: Nov. 3, 2023

Language: Английский

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Organo‐Mediator Enabled Electrochemical Deuteration of Styrenes

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(45)

Published: Sept. 12, 2023

Despite widespread use of the deuterium isotope effect, selective labeling chemical molecules remains a major challenge. Herein, facile and general electrochemically driven, organic mediator enabled deuteration styrenes with oxide (D2 O) as economical source was reported. Importantly, this transformation could be suitable for various electron rich mediated by triphenylphosphine (TPP). The reaction proceeded under mild conditions without transition-metal catalysts, affording desired products in good yields excellent D-incorporation (D-inc, up to >99 %). Mechanistic investigations means experiments cyclic voltammetry tests provided sufficient support transformation. Notably, method proved powerful tool late-stage biorelevant compounds.

Language: Английский

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Room Temperature Construction of Vicinal Amino Alcohols via Electroreductive Cross-Coupling of N-Heteroarenes and Carbonyls

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 145(20), P. 10967 - 10973

Published: April 19, 2023

Despite the widespread applications of α-hydroxyalkyl cyclic amines, direct and diverse access to such a class unique vicinal amino alcohols still remains, date, challenge. Here, through strategy electroreductive α-hydroxyalkylation inactive N-heteroarenes with ketones or electron-rich arylaldehydes, we describe room temperature approach for construction which features broad substrate scope, operational simplicity, high chemoselectivity, no need pressurized H2 gas transition metal catalysts. The zinc ion generated from anode oxidation plays crucial role in activation both reactants by decreasing their reduction potentials. electroreduction combination Lewis acids this work is anticipated develop more useful transformations.

Language: Английский

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Recent Advances in Electrochemical Carboxylation with CO₂

Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(18), P. 2728 - 2745

Published: Sept. 3, 2024

ConspectusCarbon dioxide (CO

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Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides

Nature Catalysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(4), P. 412 - 421

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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