Zha Zhenggen, Hui Ailing, Zhou Yuqing, Miao Qian, Wang Zhiyong, Zhang Hanchang
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China.
Org Lett. 2005 May 12;7(10):1903-5. doi: 10.1021/ol050483h.
To develop environmentally benign processes for C-C bond formation, electrochemistry is applied in a tin-mediated allylation reaction in water. In this electrochemical process, the corresponding homoallylic alcohols are prepared in excellent yields, while both tin salt and water can be recycled and electrode materials are not consumed.