Cathode enabled high faradaic efficiency: reduction of imines to amines with H2O as a H-source. Issue 71 (17th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Aihua; Liu, Xin; Gao, Wei; Ma, Li; Liu, Siyuan; Zhang, Guofeng; Zhou, Mingyang; Jia, Xiaofei; Chen, Jianbin
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 58:Issue 71(2022)
• Page Start: 9906
• Page End: 9909
• Publication Date: 2022-08-17
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03479d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : An electrochemical reduction of imines to amines is developed using H2 O as a H-source. By tuning the reaction by using a carbon paper cathode, the undesired HER is suppressed, thereby achieving high faradaic efficiency. Abstract : Benefiting from a high overpotential of the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction with a carbon paper cathode, the desired electrochemical reduction of imines was achieved with high faradaic efficiency by using H2 O as a H-source. With this sustainable atom-economic strategy, a series of potentially versatile amines were obtained in medium-to-high yields (49–86%).