Photovoltaic-driven organic electrosynthesis and efforts toward more sustainable oxidation reactions

• Bichlien H. Nguyen,
• Robert J. Perkins,
• Jake A. Smith and
• Kevin D. Moeller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 280–287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.32

• conducting a wide variety of sustainable oxidation reactions. The approach presented in this article is compatible with both direct and indirect oxidation reactions, avoids the need for a stoichiometric oxidant, and leads to hydrogen gas as the only byproduct from the corresponding reduction reaction

• . Keywords: electrochemistry; sustainable oxidation reactions; visible light; Introduction Organic electrochemistry is an extremely versatile tool for conducting a wide variety of chemical reactions [1][2][3]. This versatility stems from both the gentle, acid/base neutral reaction conditions employed for