Affiliation:
1. Industrial Synthesis & Catalysis VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. Box 1000 FI-02044 Espoo Finland
Abstract
AbstractBifuran motifs can be accessed with nickel‐bipyridine electrocatalyzed homocouplings of bromine‐substituted methyl furancarboxylates, which, in turn, can be prepared from hemicellulose‐derived furfural. The described protocol uses sustainable carbon‐based graphite electrodes in the simplest setup – an undivided cell with constant current electrolysis. The reported method avoids using a sacrificial anode by employing triethanolamine as an electron donor.
Subject
General Chemistry,Catalysis,Organic Chemistry