Does electrifying organic synthesis pay off? The energy efficiency of electro-organic conversions

Seidler, Johannes; Strugatchi, Jana; Gärtner, Tobias; Waldvogel, Siegfried R.

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“… 9 If the electricity is affordable and the organic products generated exhibit enough added value, electrosynthesis will pay off. 10 …”

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“…9 affordable and the organic products generated exhibit enough added value, electrosynthesis will pay off. 10 During the past two decades, anodic oxidations have received the lion's share from the renaissance of organic electrosynthesis. 11,12 However, cathodic electroconversions can also generate high value-added chemicals and help to mitigate the impact of chemical manufacturing on climate change.…”

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Cathodic Corrosion of Metal Electrodes—How to Prevent It in Electroorganic Synthesis

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The critical aspects of the corrosion of metal electrodes in cathodic reductions are covered. We discuss the involved mechanisms including alloying with alkali metals, cathodic etching in aqueous and aprotic media, and formation of metal hydrides and organometallics. Successful approaches that have been implemented to suppress cathodic corrosion are reviewed. We present several examples from electroorganic synthesis where the clever use of alloys instead of soft neat heavy metals and the application of protective cationic additives have allowed to successfully exploit these materials as cathodes. Because of the high overpotential for the hydrogen evolution reaction, such cathodes can contribute toward more sustainable green synthetic processes. The reported strategies expand the applications of organic electrosynthesis because a more negative regime is accessible within protic media and common metal poisons, e.g., sulfur-containing substrates, are compatible with these cathodes. The strongly diminished hydrogen evolution side reaction paves the way for more efficient reductive electroorganic conversions.

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“… 9 If the electricity is affordable and the organic products generated exhibit enough added value, electrosynthesis will pay off. 10 …”

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“…B. in Bezug auf geringere Mengen an zugesetzten Leitsalzen und Mediatoren, den Verzicht auf Separatoren in geteilten Zellen und vieles mehr. Neben dem Faraday'schen Wirkungsgrad ist vor allem die Klemmenspannung wichtig, da das Produkt den elektrischen Wirkungsgrad bestimmt, der direkt mit den Kosten für den benötigten Strom, aber auch der Aufarbeitung zusammenhängt [8] …”

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Reproduzierbarkeit in der elektroorganischen Synthese – Mythen und Missverständnisse

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Die Verwendung von elektrischem Strom als spurenlosem Aktivator und Reagenz erlebt eine Renaissance in der organischen Synthesechemie. Diese nachhaltige Synthesemethode entwickelt sich zu einem hochaktuellen Thema in der modernen organischen Chemie. Forscher aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Bereichen steigen in dieses interdisziplinäre Feld ein, was zu unterschiedlichen Parametern und Methoden der Experimentbeschreibungen führt. Die Variation in den berichteten Parametern kann zu Problemen bei der Reproduzierbarkeit elektroorganischer Synthesen führen. So sind z. B. Parameter wie die Stromdichte oder der Elektrodenabstand in manchen Fällen bedeutender als oft vermutet. Dieser Kurzaufsatz bietet Richtlinien für die Beschreibung elektrosynthetischer Daten an und räumt mit Mythen über diese Technik auf, wodurch die experimentellen Parameter vereinheitlicht werden sollen, um die Reproduzierbarkeit zu erleichtern.

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“…With the rapid drop in renewable electricity costs, the electrification of chemical transformations currently presents the most promising opportunities to promote sustainability without compromising on economic competitivity. [35][36][37] In addition to the aforementioned technical advantages, HMES also opens new reaction pathways distinct from thermochemical and thermocatalytic routes and that can give access to new products that are hardly obtainable through conventional transformations. 16,18,19,38,39 Recently, our group explored the electrohydrogenation of cis,trans-muconic acid (ctMA) and demonstrated that the reaction can take place directly upon fermentation with metabolically-engineered S. cerevisiae using protons provided by the acidic ( pH 4) broth.…”

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Electrochemical hydrogenation of bioprivilegedcis,cis-muconic acid totrans-3-hexenedioic acid: from lab synthesis to bench-scale production and beyond

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Does electrifying organic synthesis pay off? The energy efficiency of electro-organic conversions

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Cited by 72 publications

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Cathodic Corrosion of Metal Electrodes—How to Prevent It in Electroorganic Synthesis

Cathodic Corrosion of Metal Electrodes—How to Prevent It in Electroorganic Synthesis

Reproduzierbarkeit in der elektroorganischen Synthese – Mythen und Missverständnisse

Electrochemical hydrogenation of bioprivilegedcis,cis-muconic acid totrans-3-hexenedioic acid: from lab synthesis to bench-scale production and beyond

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