Recent advances in electrochemical copper catalysis for modern organic synthesis

Beilstein J Org Chem. 2025 Jan 16:21:155-178. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.21.9. eCollection 2025.

Abstract

In recent decades, organic electrosynthesis has emerged as a practical, sustainable, and efficient approach that facilitates valuable transformations in synthetic chemistry. Combining electrochemistry with transition-metal catalysis is a promising and rapidly growing methodology for effectively forming challenging C-C and C-heteroatom bonds in complex molecules in a sustainable manner. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in the combination of electrochemistry and copper catalysis for various organic transformations.

Keywords: copper; electrochemistry; radical chemistry; single-electron transfer; sustainable catalysis.

Publication types

  • Review