The consumable anode process permits the electrochemicalarylation of activatedolefins from functionalized aryl halides when cobalt halide is used as catalyst, either associated with bipyridine and pyridine as ligands in DMF as solvent, or with only pyridine in acetonitrile as solvent.
method devoted to the directconjugateaddition of functionalized aryl compounds onto Michael acceptors is described. The CoBr2(2,2‘-bipyridine) complex appears to be an extremely suitable catalyst for the activation of a variety of aromatic reagents ranging fromhalides to triflates functionalized by reactive groups. This procedure allows for the synthesis of compounds resulting from 1,4-addition in good