A scalable and efficient electrocatalytic dehydrogenative esterification is reported. With an indirect electrolysis strategy, both intra- and intermolecular-type reactions were amenable to this practical method. With n-Bu4NI as the catalyst, undesired decarboxylation and Baeyer–Villiger oxidation were suppressed. More importantly, this novel method provided reliable and direct access to the natural
A class of confined chiral hypervalent iodines have been designed and developed by incorporating two sterically demanding BINOL-derived units, which form the second-layer chiral environment, into the iodine-containing molecules to lock down the conformation of the catalyst and indirectly create a compact chiral environment around the active site. Good-to-excellent enantioselectivities have been achieved