title: Electrochemically assisted Heck reactions.
abstract: [reaction: see text] During efforts to develop chip-based Heck reaction chemistry, it was discovered that normal solution-phase Heck reactions can be dramatically accelerated using electrochemistry. The acceleration makes room temperature Heck reactions proceed at synthetically useful rates in the absence of added ligand. Presumably, the current passed through the reaction maintains a high level of active catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Moeller
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D010165:Palladium