Electrochemistry offers a mild, efficient, and sustainable alternative to conventional chemical approaches for organic redox transformations. With the help of an electrode and a power source, chemists are bestowed with an imaginary reagent whose potential can be precisely dialed in.
We harness the power and precision of electrochemistry to uncover new organic reactions and solve synthetic challenges.
Electrosynthesis at "deep" Potentials
The theoretically infinite redox range of an electrochemical system renders it capable of oxidizing or reducing even the most tenacious compounds. We leverage “deep” oxidizing and reducing potentials to drive chemical processes away from equilibrium and activate recalcitrant chemical bonds.
Electrocatalysts can activate organic molecules at mild potentials with precise control over chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity. We explore homogenous electrocatalysis as a general and versatile approach for discovering redox organic transformations.
Photochemistry and electrochemistry are enabling technologies with complementary capabilities that, when used in tandem, can afford unique solutions to challenging synthetic problems. We advance electrophotocatalytic transformations to explore uncharted reactivity space.