Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Utilizing
electrons
directly
offers
significant
potential
for
advancing
organic
synthesis
by
facilitating
novel
reactivity
and
enhancing
selectivity
under
mild
conditions.
As
a
result,
an
increasing
number
of
chemists
are
exploring
electrosynthesis.
However,
the
efficacy
electrochemical
transformations
depends
critically
on
design
cell.
Batch
cells
often
suffer
from
limitations
such
as
large
inter-electrode
distances
poor
mass
transfer,
making
flow
promising
alternative.
Implementing
cells,
however,
requires
foundational
understanding
microreactor
technology.
In
this
review,
we
briefly
outline
applications
electrosynthesis
before
providing
comprehensive
examination
existing
reactor
technologies.
Our
goal
is
to
equip
with
insights
needed
tailor
their
meet
specific
requirements
effectively.
We
also
highlight
application
designs
in
scaling
up
processes
integrating
high-throughput
experimentation
automation.
These
advancements
not
only
enhance
synthetic
community
but
hold
promise
both
academia
industry.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Comprehensive
Summary
The
N–H
methylsulfoxidation
of
sulfoximines
using
DMSO
as
a
methylsulfinyl
source,
induced
by
electrochemistry,
has
been
developed.
This
method
is
the
first
example
an
electrochemical
reaction
in
which
serves
source.
Unlike
previous
reactions
involving
substrate,
exclusively
proceed
via
radical
mechanisms,
this
follows
S‐cation
pathway.
A
wide
range
N
‐methylsulfinyl
were
successfully
obtained.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
147(9), P. 7524 - 7532
Published: Feb. 19, 2025
Despite
a
few
successful
examples,
controlling
the
enantioselectivity
in
asymmetric
synthesis
of
non-C2-symmetric
biaryldiols
has
long
been
challenging.
To
address
issues
and
regioselectivity,
we
introduced
novel
organoelectrocatalytic
strategy
enabling
aryl-aryl
dehydrogenative
cross-coupling
reactions.
Using
this
approach,
valuable
were
obtained
up
to
95%
yields
97%
enantiomeric
excesses
(ees),
these
compounds
could
be
further
applied
as
versatile
ligands
Detailed
mechanistic
studies
supported
sequential
diradical
followed
by
central-to-axial
chirality
conversion
pathway.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: March 10, 2025
Abstract
Deuterium
labeling
has
found
extensive
applications
across
various
research
fields,
including
organic
synthesis,
drug
design,
and
molecular
imaging.
Electrocatalytic
semi-hydrogenation
of
alkynes
offers
a
viable
route
for
the
synthesis
Z
-alkenes,
yet
it
falls
short
in
achieving
semi-deuteration
these
compounds.
In
this
study,
we
report
an
electrochemical
cobalt-catalyzed
transfer
deuteration
reaction
that
proficiently
accomplishes
alkynes,
yielding
-configuration
deuterated
alkene
products.
This
utilizes
cost-effective
cobalt
salts
as
catalysts
employs
D
2
O
AcOD
(acetic
acid-
d
)
economical
efficient
deuterium
sources,
underscoring
its
practicality
feasibility.
The
demonstrates
broad
alkyne
substrate
scope,
high
efficiency,
good
functional
group
compatibility,
excellent
-selectivity,
remarkable
degree
rate.
Small Methods,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 21, 2025
Abstract
Continuous‐flow
nanoconfined
catalysis
is
crucial
for
rapid
and
efficient
water
purification
but
challenging
traditional
reactors.
Supramolecular
metal–organic
membranes,
with
their
intrinsically
rich
metal
nodes,
present
promising
opportunities
heterogeneous
nano‐catalysis.
However,
achieving
a
uniform
distribution
stabilization
of
exposed
active
sites
remains
challenge.
Here,
phosphotungstic
acid
(H
3
PW
12
O
40
:
)
modulated
interfacial
coordination
strategy
introduced
to
engineer
thin
palladium‐1,3,5‐triformylphloroglucinol
(Pd‐Tp)
nanofilm.
The
strong
electrostatic‐dominated
interaction
between
the
fourfold
hollow
site
Pd
II
enables
in
situ
confined
reduction,
facilitating
enhanced
loading
cluster‐shaped
Pd‐PW
nanoparticles
within
layer.
hydrophilic
Tp
leads
competition
PdCl
4
2‐
during
film
formation,
giving
rise
thinner,
more
hydrophilic,
loose‐structured
membranes.
Importantly,
PCM/NaBH
system
exhibits
superior
reducibility
electron
transfer
capacity,
enabling
degradation
range
organic
contaminants,
attributed
robust
metal‐support
interactions.
PCM
achieves
rate
constant
target
pollutant
4‐nitrophenol
(97.8
ms
−1
),
which
175
times
faster
than
that
control
HCM
(0.56
).
This
study
highlights
role
microstructure
modulation
membrane
synergistic
catalysis.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(23), P. 11524 - 11530
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
An
exogenous
electrolyte-
and
base-free
electrochemical
cobalt-catalysed
atroposelective
C–H
annulation
has
been
established
to
construct
N–N
axially
chiral
isoquinolinones
in
excellent
enantioselectivities
good
yields.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(28), P. 5724 - 5728
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Herein,
a
novel
electroreductive
carboxylation
of
benzylphosphine
salts
with
CO
2
through
cleavage
the
C(sp
3
)-P
bond
was
reported
under
conditions
without
redox
reagents
and
noble
metal
catalysts.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(74), P. 10120 - 10123
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Electroorganic
synthesis
has
become
an
exciting
tool
for
the
asymmetric
conversion
of
pro-chiral
compounds.
Herein,
we
introduced
a
wireless
methodology
based
on
bipolar
electrochemistry
in
synergy
with
enantioselective
capabilities
inherently
chiral
oligomers
to
induce
umpolung
chirality
transfer.
This
was
exemplified
by
electro-conversion
racemic
mixture
lansoprazole
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
64(1)
Published: Aug. 30, 2024
The
control
of
enantioselectivity
in
radical
cation
reactions
presents
long-standing
challenges,
despite
a
few
successful
examples.
We
introduce
novel
strategy
asymmetric
counteranion-directed
electrocatalysis
to
address
chemistry.
This
concept
has
been
successfully
demonstrated
two
reactions:
an
dehydrogenative
indole-phenol
[3+2]
coupling
and
atroposelective
C-H/N-H
coupling.
These
have
enabled
the
synthesis
benzofuroindolines
C-N
axially
chiral
indoles
with
high
yields
excellent
enantiomeric
excesses.
Detailed
mechanistic
studies
confirmed
radical-radical
mechanism.
Moreover,
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
supported
indole
as
pivotal
intermediate,
rather
than
neutral
indolyl
radical,
shedding
new
light
on
underlying
processes
driving
these
reactions.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(59), P. 7614 - 7617
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
mild
and
efficient
electrochemical
method
for
radical
addition,
cyclization,
migration
reaction
was
described
in
this
work.
difluoromethyl
produced
by
anodizing
CF