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Frontispiece: Evolution of High‐Valent Nickela‐Electrocatalyzed C−H Activation: From Cross(‐Electrophile)‐Couplings to Electrooxidative C−H Transformations
Author(s) -
Zhang ShouKun,
Samanta Ramesh C.,
Del Vecchio Antonio,
Ackermann Lutz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202084862
Subject(s) - electrophile , electrosynthesis , chemistry , heteroatom , reagent , redox , substrate (aquarium) , carbon fibers , combinatorial chemistry , stoichiometry , electrochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , materials science , ring (chemistry) , electrode , oceanography , composite material , composite number , geology
C−H activation has emerged as one of the most efficient tools for the formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds, avoiding the use of prefunctionalized materials. However, stoichiometric quantities of toxic and/or costly chemical redox reagents are largely required for oxidative C−H activations. Recently, electrosynthesis has experienced a remarkable renaissance, enabling the use of storable, safe and waste‐free electric current as a redox equivalent. Nickela‐electrocatalyzed C−H activations avoid substrate prefunctionalizations and chemical oxidants by electricity. For more details see the Minireview by L. Ackermann et al. on page 10936 ff.