Convergent Paired Electrolysis for the Three‐Component Synthesis of Protected Homoallylic Alcohols

Abstract

The holy grail of electrochemistry, a convergent paired electrolysis, is a step closer in the metal-free electrochemical allylation of aromatic aldehydes in DMF. A three-component coupling product is obtained in a one-pot procedure when anodically generated electrophiles and cathodically generated nucleophiles react in solution to give a single product.