Ni-Catalyzed Electrochemical Decarboxylative C-C Couplings in Batch and Continuous Flow

Org Lett. 2018 Mar 2;20(5):1338-1341. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00070. Epub 2018 Feb 12.

Abstract

An electrochemically driven, nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with aryl halides is reported. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions in a divided electrochemical cell and employs a tertiary amine as the reductant. This decarboxylative C(sp3)-C(sp2) bond-forming transformation exhibits excellent substrate generality and functional group compatibility. An operationally simple continuous-flow version of this transformation using a commercial electrochemical flow reactor represents a robust and scalable synthesis of value added coupling process.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't