The electrochemical reduction of a mixture of aryl halides and activated alkyl halides in DMF in the presence of catalytic amount of NiBr(2)bipy leads to cross-coupling products in good to high yields. The method applies to the synthesis of alpha-aryl ketones, alpha-aryl esters, and allylated compounds from readily available organic halides. Optimization of the process has been obtained by slowly adding the most reactive organic halide (usually the activated alkyl halide) during the electrolysis which is best conducted at 70 degrees C when aryl bromides are involved.

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Homo- and cross-coupling involving alkenyl halides have been performed efficiently using an electroassisted nickel-complex catalysis. Valuable product such as conjugated dienes, beta,gamma- or gamma,delta-unsaturated esters, ketones, or nitriles, as well as alkenylated aryl compounds are thus prepared with high yields and high stereoselectivity. Partial isomerization is only observed in a few cases, when the alkenyl halide is involved in a late step of the catalytic cycle. This is the case in the preparation of (Z,Z)-1,3-diene.

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[reaction: see text] Electrochemical arylation of arenecarboxaldehydes using an iron sacrificial anode in the presence of chromium and nickel catalysts afforded the corresponding arylated secondary alcohols in moderate to good yields. The chromium and nickel salts as catalysts are obtained by oxidation of a stainless steel rod during a preelectrolysis in 7% and 3%, respectively. The process was also applied to the addition of vinyl halide, allyl acetate, or alpha-chloroester to aromatic aldehydes.

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We report the synthesis and characterization of a bis(diketopyrrolopyrrole) dimer-containing ligand in platinum(ii) polyyne oligomer P4 with very good photovoltaic performance, PCE = 9.54% (P4; Jsc = 16.24 mA cm−2, Voc = 0.89 V, FF = 0.66).