Organic electrosynthesis initially emerged in the field of synthetic chemistry as an intrinsically green method to replace hazardous chemicals with electrons for oxidations and reductions. In recent years it has been shown to offer unique opportunities to increase conversion efficiencies and synthesise new molecules that are not accessible thermochemically or photochemically and not accessible from petroleum. It can also be used to streamline biocatalysis and chemocatalysis in biorefineries, manufacture chemicals from regional and community scale quantities of agricultural waste, and in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries to access fine chemicals in a more efficient and sustainable fashion. Nevertheless, many of these efforts remain exploratory as a fundamental understanding of the elementary processes involved in these transformations is still lacking.
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In this volume, the topics covered are organised into the following sections:
Selective organic electrosynthesis
Interdisciplinary electrosynthesis
Understanding and controlling organic electrosynthesis mechanisms
New strategies in organic electrosynthesis
Materials for electrosynthesis
Electrofuels
Flow cells and reactor design