Issue 13, 2020

3d metallaelectrocatalysis for resource economical syntheses

Abstract

Resource economy constitutes one of the key challenges for researchers and practitioners in academia and industries, in terms of rising demand for sustainable and green synthetic methodology. To achieve ideal levels of resource economy in molecular syntheses, novel avenues are required, which include, but are not limited to the use of naturally abundant, renewable feedstocks, solvents, metal catalysts, energy, and redox reagents. In this context, electrosyntheses create the unique possibility to replace stoichiometric amounts of oxidizing or reducing reagents as well as electron transfer events by electric current. Particularly, the merger of Earth-abundant 3d metal catalysis and electrooxidation has recently been recognized as an increasingly viable strategy to forge challenging C–C and C–heteroatom bonds for complex organic molecules in a sustainable fashion under mild reaction conditions. In this review, we highlight the key developments in 3d metallaelectrocatalysis in the context of resource economy in molecular syntheses until February 2020.

Graphical abstract: 3d metallaelectrocatalysis for resource economical syntheses

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
20 Feb 2020
First published
27 May 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 4254-4272

3d metallaelectrocatalysis for resource economical syntheses

P. Gandeepan, L. H. Finger, T. H. Meyer and L. Ackermann, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 4254 DOI: 10.1039/D0CS00149J

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