Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide

We report a direct and efficient electrochemical carboxylation of benzylic C-N bonds with CO₂ at room temperature. The reaction has been successfully applied to both primary and secondary benzylic C-N bonds with the compatibility of a variety of functional groups. This procedure does not require sto...

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Main Authors: Yang, Dengtao, Zhu, Minghui, Schiffer, Zachary J., Williams, Kindle, Song, Xiaojie, Liu, Xiaohui, Manthiram, Karthish
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125787
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author Yang, Dengtao
Zhu, Minghui
Schiffer, Zachary J.
Williams, Kindle
Song, Xiaojie
Liu, Xiaohui
Manthiram, Karthish
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
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Zhu, Minghui
Schiffer, Zachary J.
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description We report a direct and efficient electrochemical carboxylation of benzylic C-N bonds with CO₂ at room temperature. The reaction has been successfully applied to both primary and secondary benzylic C-N bonds with the compatibility of a variety of functional groups. This procedure does not require stoichiometric metals, external reducing agents, or sacrificial anodes, making column chromatography unnecessary for product purification. Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) was used to elucidate key intermediates of the electrocarboxylation reaction.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1257872022-09-27T22:01:55Z Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide Yang, Dengtao Zhu, Minghui Schiffer, Zachary J. Williams, Kindle Song, Xiaojie Liu, Xiaohui Manthiram, Karthish Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering We report a direct and efficient electrochemical carboxylation of benzylic C-N bonds with CO₂ at room temperature. The reaction has been successfully applied to both primary and secondary benzylic C-N bonds with the compatibility of a variety of functional groups. This procedure does not require stoichiometric metals, external reducing agents, or sacrificial anodes, making column chromatography unnecessary for product purification. Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) was used to elucidate key intermediates of the electrocarboxylation reaction. 2020-06-12T20:40:14Z 2020-06-12T20:40:14Z 2019-04 2019-04 2020-06-08T14:56:00Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2155-5435 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125787 Yang, Deng-Tao et al. "Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide." ACS Catalysis 9, 5 (April 2019): 4699–4705 © 2019 American Chemical Society en http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b00818 ACS Catalysis Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Chemical Society (ACS) Prof. Manthiram via Ye Li
spellingShingle Yang, Dengtao
Zhu, Minghui
Schiffer, Zachary J.
Williams, Kindle
Song, Xiaojie
Liu, Xiaohui
Manthiram, Karthish
Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title_full Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title_fullStr Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title_full_unstemmed Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title_short Direct Electrochemical Carboxylation of Benzylic C–N Bonds with Carbon Dioxide
title_sort direct electrochemical carboxylation of benzylic c n bonds with carbon dioxide
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125787
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