Photocatalytic cycloadditions involving carbon–carbon bond formation in the absence of an external sensitizer are described. The use of a lithium perchlorate/nitromethaneelectrolytesolution exhibiting remarkable Lewis acidity is the key for the successful transformations.
A selective anodic oxidation system in which a carbocation intermediate is generated exclusively by use of a temperature-control led multiphase solution to separate the different stages of the reaction from each other and from the products is described. The formation of a thermomorphic middle layer in an electrolytic solution composed of c-Hex and LPC/MeNO2 results in enhanced interaction between aliphatic alkenes and polar unstable cation.
Heterogeneous continuous flow synthetic system using cyclohexane-based multiphase electrolyte solutions
The discovery that supporting electrolytes can be effectively confined in typical organic solvents in a c-Hex-based multiphase electrolyte solution has led to the development of a novel heterogeneous continuous flow synthetic system. PTFE fiber functions as a separation filter that can efficiently isolate the c-Hex phase from multiphase electrolyte solutions. This system has demonstrated both electrochemical solvating and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Hydrophobic substrates can be introduced into the reactor as c-Hex solutions, which are then electrochemically transformed into the target hydrophobic products that pass through the PTFE fiber as c-Hex solutions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.