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Electro-organic synthesis – a 21 st century technique

Year: 2020

Type: review

Abstract: The severe limitations of fossil fuels and finite resources influence the scientific community to reconsider chemical synthesis and establish sustainable techniques. Several promising methods have emerged, and electro-organic conversion has attracted particular attention from international academia and industry as an environmentally benign and cost-effective technique. The easy application, precise control, and safe conversion of substrates with intermediates only accessible by this method reveal novel pathways in synthetic organic chemistry. The popularity of electricity as a reagent is accompanied by the feasible conversion of bio-based feedstocks to limit the carbon footprint. Several milestones have been achieved in electro-organic conversion at rapid frequency, which have opened up various perspectives for forthcoming processes.

Source: Chemical Science

DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01848a

Authors: Dennis Pollok, Siegfried R. Waldvogel

Institution: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Language: English

Topic: Radical Photochemical Reactions

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Affordable and clean energy, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Verband der Chemischen Industrie, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft