Macrocyclic Copper(II) Complexes as Catalysts for Electrochemically Mediated Atom Transfer
Masnun Naher,
Chuyi Su,
Jeffrey R. Harmer
et al.
Abstract:Copper-catalyzed electrochemical atom transfer radical addition (eATRA) is a new method for the creation of new C−C bonds under mild conditions. In this work, we have explored the reactivity of an analogous series of N 4 macrocyclic Cu II complexes as eATRA precatalysts, which are primed by reduction to their monovalent oxidation state. These complexes were fully characterized structurally, spectroscopically, and electrochemically. A spectrum of radical activation reactivity was found across the series [Cu I (… Show more
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