Fig. 4: Mechanistic insights. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Mechanistic insights.

From: Taking electrodecarboxylative etherification beyond Hofer–Moest using a radical C–O coupling strategy

Fig. 4

a Radical clock experiment. b Cyclic voltammetry of hydrocinnamic acid (1a) and HOBt (2a). Voltammograms recorded in 100 mM solutions of analyte with (n-Bu)4NPF6 or (n-Bu)4NBF4 (100 mM) in MeOH/pyridine (4:1). Starting potential: −0.5 V; Pt disk (2 mm diameter, working electrode); Pt wire (counter electrode); Ag/Ag+ redox couple (reference electrode). Potential scale calibrated against external ferrocene/ferrocenium75. Red dotted line: hydrocinnamic acid 1a (100 mV s−1); black line: HOBt 2a (100 mV s−1); grey line: HOBt 2a (5000 mV s−1).

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