Functionalization of N-arylglycine esters: electrocatalytic access to C–C bonds mediated by n-Bu₄NI

• Mi-Hai Luo,
• Yang-Ye Jiang,
• Kun Xu,
• Yong-Guo Liu,
• Bao-Guo Sun and
• Cheng-Chu Zeng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 499–505, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.35

• . In addition, it is demonstrated that the mediated process is superior to the direct electrochemical functionalization. Keywords: C–C formation; electrochemical oxidative functionalization; n-Bu4NI; redox catalyst; Introduction The oxidative cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of two C–H bonds has