Cyclic voltammetric studies on electrocatalytic intermolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions in lithium perchlorate/nitromethane electrolyte solution

Abstract

Electrocatalytic reactions build targeted molecules with low energy consumption and thus are intriguing both synthetically and mechanistically. We have carried out cyclic voltammetric studies on electrocatalytic intermolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions between an enol ether and an olefin nucleophile to reveal the electron transfer reactions in detail at the surface of the electrode.