Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical carboxylation of unactivated aryl and alkyl halides with CO2

Abstract

Electrochemistry is a promising approach to make existing chemical protocols milder, but many simple transformations of feedstocks are still out of reach. Here, the authors transform unactivated aryl and alkyl (pseudo)halides into carboxylic acids, via nickel catalysis and electricity, using atmospheric CO2 as the carbon source.