Recent Advances in Enantioselective Catalytic Electrochemical Organic Transformations

Abstract

Different approaches can be undertaken to realise a stereoselective electrochemical synthesis. Significant contributions to enantioselective electrochemical organic synthesis have been reported and largely reviewed in recent years. However, the development of general strategies for the electrochemical enantiocontrol of a transformation still presents considerable challenges; in particular, relatively few contributions of highly enantioselective catalytic electrochemical reactions have been reported to date. In this review article, the most recent examples of asymmetric electrochemical catalysis are discussed. The article is organised by the three types of enantioselective catalysis: metal-based catalysis, organocatalysis and biocatalysis; in each section, the most significant and recent advances are presented and discussed.