Synthesis 2023; 55(18): 2896-2910
DOI: 10.1055/a-2004-6485
short review
Special Issue Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

Asymmetric Organic Electrochemistry Catalyzed by Transition Metals

Weipeng Zheng
,
Yongsheng Tao
,
Wan Ma
,
Qingquan Lu
This work was supported by the Thousand Young Talents Plan of China­ (Prof. Q. Lu), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22271227), and Wuhan University.


Abstract

Asymmetric catalysis is one of the most important areas of organic synthetic chemistry. In recent years, with the revival of organic electrochemistry, scientists have begun to try to combine asymmetric catalysis with electrochemistry to build valuable chiral molecules. In this review, we focus on examples of organic electrochemistry catalyzed by transition metals. According to the classification of the interaction of the catalyst with the substrate, we can divide them into two categories: (1) transition metal catalysts as chiral Lewis acids; (2) transition metal catalysts that construct chiral molecules by interacting with substrates through oxidative addition/reductive elimination.

1 Introduction

2 Electrochemical Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis

3 Electrochemical Asymmetric Transition Metal Catalysis

4 Conclusion



Publication History

Received: 07 December 2022

Accepted after revision: 29 December 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
29 December 2022

Article published online:
02 February 2023

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