Electrochemical Cyanation of Alcohols Enabled by an Iodide-Mediated Phosphine P(V/III) Redox Couple
作者:Xuewen Guo、Nathan G. Price、Qilei Zhu
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02550
日期:2024.9.6
We report herein a mild electrochemical method to transform alcohols into their corresponding nitriles by using commercially available reagents. This protocol accepts substrates with various functional groups including those that are susceptible to oxidative decomposition. Mechanistic studies revealed a critical iodide-mediated phosphine electrochemicaloxidation pathway leading to the alkoxyphosphonium