Metal‐ and Chemical‐Oxidant‐Free CH/CH Cross‐Coupling of Aromatic Compounds: The Use of Radical‐Cation Pools

Abstract

Pool and couple: A method for oxidative CH/CH cross-coupling has been developed using “radical-cation pools”. Aromatic compounds react with aryl radical cations, which are generated and accumulated by low-temperature electrolysis (see scheme). This method avoids both the nonselective oxidation of substrates and oxidation of products and effects the CH/CH cross-coupling of aromatic compounds without metal complexes and chemical oxidants. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.