While many steps in an oxidative cyclization reaction can be important, it is the cyclization step itself that plays the central role. If this step does not proceed well, then optimization of the rest of the sequence is futile. We report here that the key to the cyclization is channeling the reaction down the correct […]
Category: 2019
Electroorganic Synthesis and the Construction of Addressable Molecular Surfaces
In this Minireview, an electroorganic synthesis approach to the construction of addressable, complex molecular surfaces is described along with the parameters that guided the development of that synthetic approach. The result of the work is a synthetic toolbox that will allow microelectrode arrays to be used for the “real‐time” monitoring of small molecule interactions with […]
Paired Electrochemical Reactions and the On‐Site Generation of a Chemical Reagent
While the majority of reported paired electrochemical reactions involve carefully matched cathodic and anodic reactions, the precise matching of half reactions in an electrolysis cell is not generally necessary. During a constant current electrolysis almost any oxidation and reduction reaction can be paired, and in the presented work we capitalize on this observation by examining […]