Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 149-150.doi: 10.1007/s40242-020-0004-7

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Electrochemistry Enabling Stereoselective Diamination of Alkenes

ZENG Chengchu   

  1. College of Life Science & Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
  • Received:2020-01-06 Revised:2020-01-07 Online:2020-02-01 Published:2020-01-20
  • Contact: ZENG Chengchu E-mail:zengcc@bjut.edu.cn

Abstract: To achieve the stereoselective and regioselective diamination of alkenes, Xu et al. developed an electrochemical protocol for the diamination of aryl alkenes with sulfamides by using triarylamine as a redox mediator. The chemistry proceeded in an undivided cell under constant current conditions, featuring not only wide scope of substrates and reasonable yields, but also excellent diastereoselectivity(>20:1 dr) and regioselectivity. This work has been published in the Nature Communications and can be reached at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13024-5.