Eletrocarboxylation Reactions Using CO Both as Promoter and Carboxylative Reagent.

Electrocarboxylation reaction, which employs organic electrosynthesis to achieve the utilization of CO as a carboxylative reagent, provides a powerful and efficient tool for the preparation of organic carboxylic acid. In some electrocarboxylation reactions, CO also acts as a promoter to facilitate the desired reaction. This concept mainly highlights recent CO -promoted electrocarboxylation reactions via CO intermediate or transiently protective carboxylation of active intermediate with CO .