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Back Cover: Selective Functionalization of Styrenes with Oxygen Using Different Electrode Materials: Olefin Cleavage and Synthesis of Tetrahydrofuran Derivatives (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2019)
Author(s) -
Imada Yasushi,
Okada Yohei,
Noguchi Keiichi,
Chiba Kazuhiro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201813482
Subject(s) - olefin fiber , tetrahydrofuran , surface modification , chemistry , electrochemistry , styrene , platinum , polymer chemistry , electrode , cleavage (geology) , osmium , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , materials science , solvent , copolymer , ruthenium , polymer , fracture (geology) , composite material
The choice of electrode material determines the synthetic outcome of electrochemical transformation of styrenes with molecular oxygen. As K. Chiba and co‐workers report in their Communication on page 125 ff., platinum electrodes provide selective access to carbonyl compounds through olefin cleavage (samurai cleaves olefin with a platinum sword), while carbon electrodes facilitate the dimerization of styrenes to form tetrahydrofuran derivatives (archer shoots the second styrene with a carbon bow).