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  • Electrooxidative Rhodium‐Ca...
    Qiu, Youai; Kong, Wei‐Jun; Struwe, Julia; Sauermann, Nicolas; Rogge, Torben; Scheremetjew, Alexej; Ackermann, Lutz

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 14, 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 20
    Journal Article

    Rhodium(III) catalysis has enabled a plethora of oxidative C−H functionalizations, which predominantly employ stoichiometric amounts of toxic and/or expensive metal oxidants. In contrast, we herein describe the first electrochemical rhodium‐catalyzed C−H activation that avoids hazardous chemical oxidants. Environmentally benign twofold C−H/C−H functionalizations were accomplished with weakly coordinating benzoic acids and benzamides, employing electricity as the terminal oxidant and generating H2 as the sole byproduct. Elect(Rh)odium: Electrochemical twofold C−H functionalizations of weakly coordinating benzoic acids and benzamides were accomplished by rhodium(III) catalysis with electricity as a sustainable oxidant and the generation of H2 as the sole byproduct.