Efficient Intermolecular Carbon–Carbon Bond-Formation Reactions Assisted by Surface-Condensed Electrodes

✍ Scribed by Yohei Okada; Yusuke Yamaguchi; Kazuhiro Chiba

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 289 KB
• Volume: 2012
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-193X
• DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101313

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Transient radical cation intermediates generated at electrodes were effectively trapped by reaction partners noncovalently condensed at the surface of an electrode, enabling efficient intermolecular carbon–carbon bond‐formation reactions. When the reactions were conducted with surface‐condensed electrodes, high reaction efficiencies remained even in the presence of a significantly smaller amount of olefin nucleophiles. The concept of surface‐condensed electrodes could offer opportunities for rapid intermolecular reactions.