External oxidant-free oxidation/[3+2] cycloaddition/aromatization cascade: electrochemical synthesis of polycyclic N-heterocycles

Qiang Wang; Ting Yuan; Qiang Liu; Yong Xu; Guanqun Xie; Xin Lv; Shujiang Ding; Xiaoxia Wang; Chen Li

doi:10.1039/c9cc04336e

External oxidant-free oxidation/[3+2] cycloaddition/aromatization cascade: electrochemical synthesis of polycyclic N-heterocycles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jul 25;55(58):8398-8401. doi: 10.1039/c9cc04336e. Epub 2019 Jul 1.

Authors

Qiang Wang¹, Ting Yuan², Qiang Liu¹, Yong Xu¹, Guanqun Xie³, Xin Lv², Shujiang Ding⁴, Xiaoxia Wang³, Chen Li³

Affiliations

¹ School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China and Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
² Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, 688 Yingbin Road, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China.
³ School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China.
⁴ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

PMID: 31257396
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04336e

Abstract

Here, we describe an efficient and environmentally friendly synthesis of polycyclic N-heterocycles under electrochemical external oxidant-free conditions. The extent of the sequential electrochemical oxidative aromatization can be regulated with the assistance of redox mediators.