The oxalate cathodic cleavage reaction has been applied to several biomass‐derived organic substrates. Furfuryl alcohols and hydrofuroin undergo the expected deoxygenation reactions, but butane‐2,3‐diol is only deoxygenated by prior conversion into butane‐2,3‐dimethanesulfonate. The one‐pot cathodic conversion of furfural into hydrofuroin, and thence into 1,2‐difurylethene is described.
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