Electrochemical C−C bond cleavage of cyclopropanes towards the synthesis of 1,3-difunctionalized molecules

Abstract

Electrochemical oxidative C–C bond cleavage and functionalization are rarely developed due to the inertness and weak electronic bias of C–C bonds. In this study, the authors report the electrochemical C–C bond cleavage and 1,3-difluorination, 1,3-oxyfluorination and 1,3-dioxygenation of arylcyclopropanes under catalyst-free and external-oxidant-free conditions.