Issue 24, 2018

Electrochemical preparation and applications of copper(i) acetylides: a demonstration of how electrochemistry can be used to facilitate sustainability in homogeneous catalysis

Abstract

Copper(I) acetylides are important intermediates for many syntheses and have been prepared here electrochemically in an energy efficient manner. These were subsequently employed in simple organic C–C bond forming reactions. We also demonstrate that application of Faraday's laws allows the charge to be calculated so that only the required amount of metal is used. In addition, the application of copper-coated graphite electrodes allows the maximum atom efficiency for this process and even offers a recovery strategy to extract the metal following completion of the reaction.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical preparation and applications of copper(i) acetylides: a demonstration of how electrochemistry can be used to facilitate sustainability in homogeneous catalysis

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Oct 2018
Accepted
13 Nov 2018
First published
13 Nov 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Green Chem., 2018,20, 5474-5478

Electrochemical preparation and applications of copper(I) acetylides: a demonstration of how electrochemistry can be used to facilitate sustainability in homogeneous catalysis

P. W. Seavill, K. B. Holt and J. D. Wilden, Green Chem., 2018, 20, 5474 DOI: 10.1039/C8GC03262A

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