Direct electrochemical oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen evolution in continuous-flow reactor

Dan Wang; Pan Wang; Shengchun Wang; Yi-Hung Chen; Heng Zhang; Aiwen Lei

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10928-0

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Direct electrochemical oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen evolution in continuous-flow reactor

Dan Wang,
Pan Wang,
Shengchun Wang,
Yi-Hung Chen,
Heng Zhang,
Aiwen Lei

Affiliations

Dan Wang: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Pan Wang: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Shengchun Wang: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Yi-Hung Chen: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Heng Zhang: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Aiwen Lei: The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10928-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Alcohol oxidation to carbonyl compounds is a very useful functional group transformation in organic synthesis. Here, the authors perform the direct electrochemical oxidation of various alcohols to the corresponding ketones in a continuous-flow reactor without external oxidants, base or mediators.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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