Sustainable Methodologies in Organic Electrochemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 156
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic electrochemistry; asymmetric organic electrochemistry; radical electrochemistry
Interests: electrochemical synthesis and catalysis; transition-metal catalysis; peptide modification and biological studies; medicinal chemistry
Interests: electrooxidation and electroreduction; radical electrochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electroorganic synthesis can be traced back to the 19th century with Faraday’s hydrolysis of acetic acid to hydrocarbons and Kolbe’s electrochemical decarboxylative dimerization. Recently, electrosynthesis has emerged as an increasingly attractive approach for new chemical transformations in a sustainable and green fashion. Here, electrons can be used as traceless redox equivalents to achieve exceptional selectivities, thus avoiding stoichiometric redox reagents and undesired byproduct generation. Furthermore, the renaissance of organic electrosynthesis has enabled the development of mechanistic understandings and commercial electrochemical equipment. Herein, we highlight the unique potential of organic electrosynthesis for sustainable synthesis and catalysis, showcasing key aspects of exceptional selectivities, the synergism with photocatalysis, or dual electrocatalysis, and novel mechanisms in metallaelectrocatalysis until now.
Dr. Cuiju Zhu
Prof. Dr. Zhixiong Ruan
Dr. Yan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable
- green chemistry
- organic electrochemistry
- electrooxidation
- electroreduction
