title: Cathodic Aromatic C,C Cross-Coupling Reaction via Single Electron Transfer Pathway.
abstract: We have successfully developed a novel cathodic cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides with arenes. Utilization of the cathodic single electron transfer (SET) mechanism for activation of aryl halides enables the cross-coupling reaction to proceed without the need for any transition metal catalysts or single electron donors in a mild condition. The SET from a cathode to an aryl halide initiates a radical chain by giving an anion radical of the aryl halide. The following propagation cycle also consists entirely of anion radical intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240851, Japan. qu-yang-rv@ynu.jp.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240851, Japan. tateno-hiroyuki@aist.go.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240851, Japan. y.matsumura@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240851, Japan. tsuneo.kashiwagi@konicaminolta.com.
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240851, Japan. atobe@ynu.jp.
authors.forename: Mahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atobe
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
keywords: C,C cross-coupling; electrochemical synthesis; single electron transfer