title: Direct electrosynthesis of ketones from benzylic methylenes by electrooxidative C-H activation.
abstract: Electrify your chemistry! Direct electrosynthesis of ketones from benzylic methylenes in an undivided cell was realized in moderate to good yields. In this electrosynthesis, electrons instead of conventional oxidants and catalysts are employed to make the reaction environmentally benign. Moreover, the reaction intermediate radical was detected by ESR spectroscopy and the reaction mechanism was clarified.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P R China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jihu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Zhenggen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zha
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhenlei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang