An efficient and selective electrosynthesis of phenols and anilines from arylboronic acids in aqueous ammonia is achieved in an undivided cell. By simply changing the concentration of aqueous ammonia and the anode potential, good yields of phenols and anilines can be obtained chemoselectively with high reaction rates. We propose that anodic oxidation could have played an important role in these transformations.

An efficient synthesis of alkenes from epoxides in a mixture of saturated aqueous NH(4)Br and tetrahydrofuran (8:1) has been developed in an undivided cell fitted with a pair of zinc electrodes, and it is proposed that the reaction is mediated by Zn(0) with a hierarchically organized nanostructure.

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In the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid and iodine, styrene derivatives undergo head-to-tail dimerization followed by trapping with nitriles to yield the corresponding Ritter-type products.

A mild and highly efficient synthesis of phenols from arylboronic acids in a H 2 O-EtOH (1:2) solution was achieved by using MCPBA as the oxidant at room temperature. Isotopical labeling studies had shown that the hydroxyl oxygen atom of the phenol might originate from the MCPBA.