Continuous Electrochemical Synthesis of Iso-Coumarin Derivatives from o-(1-Alkynyl) Benzoates under Metal- and Oxidant-Free

Xinxin Lin, Zheng Fang, Cuilian Zeng, Chenlong Zhu, Xinyan Pang, Chengkou Liu, Wei He, Jindian Duan, Ning Qin, Kai Guo

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Abstract

A non-oxidant and metal-free strategy for synthesizing iso-coumarin by using a continuous electrochemical microreactor to initiate an oxidative cyclization reaction of o-(1-alkynyl) benzoate and radicals. This efficient and clean continuous electrosynthesis method not only avoids the complicated gas protection operation and production of by-products in the batch processes, but also help to overcome the difficulty that batch metal catalysis and electrocatalysis are difficult to scale up, and has the potential for pilot-scale experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13738-13742
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume26
Issue number60
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Oct 2020

Keywords

  • cyclization
  • electrochemistry
  • iso-coumarin
  • microreactor

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