Electrochemical formation of N,N'-diarylhydrazines by dehydrogenative N-N homocoupling reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Apr 21;56(31):4348-4351. doi: 10.1039/d0cc01052a. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

Abstract

Hydrazines represent a class of compounds of high interest due to their applicability as versatile starting materials in many important transformations. Herein, we report a synthetic approach to hydrazine derivatives using commercially available anilines and an anodic dehydrogenative N-N coupling reaction as the key step.