Organic Electrochemistry: Revised and Expanded

FUNDAMENTALS AND METHODS. Basic Concepts. Techniques for Studies of Electrochemical Reactions in Solution. In Situ Spectroelectrochemistry of Organic Compounds. Surface Techniques. Application of Digital Simulation. Theoretical Calculation of Reduction Potentials. GENERAL PREPARATIVE ASPECTS. Preparative Electrolysis on the Laboratory Scale. Application of Ionic Liquids, Emulsions, Sonication, and Microwave Assistance. Combinatorial Electrochemistry and Miniaturization. Relations between Micro- and Macrophenomena. ELECTRON TRANSFERS AND CONCERTED PROCESSES. Influence of Molecular and Medium Effects on Two-Electron Processes. Electrochemically Driven Supramolecular Devices. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfers. Dissociative Electron Transfers. Electron Transfer-Catalyzed Reactions. ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION TYPES. Cleavages and Deprotections. Reductive Coupling. Oxidative Coupling. Oxidative Substitution and Addition Reactions. Fluorination. ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. Electrochemistry of Fullerenes, Derivatives, and Related Compounds. Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reduction. Oxidation of Hydrocarbons. Activation of the Carbon-Halogen Bond. Aliphatic and Aromatic Halides: Conversions. Oxygen-Containing Compounds: Alcohols, Ethers, and Phenols. Sulfur-, Selenium-, and Tellurium-Containing Compounds. Aliphatic Nitrogen-Containing Compounds: Amines, Amino Alcohols, and Amino Acids. Aromatic Nitrogen-Containing Compounds. Reduction of Nitro Compounds and Related Substrates. Reduction of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Azomethines. Reductions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives. Oxidation of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives. Heterocyclic Compounds. Organoelemental Compounds. Organometallic Compounds as Tools in Organic Electrosynthesis. STEREOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS. Electrosynthesis of Bioactive Materials. Stereochemistry of Organic Electrode Processes. Electroenzymatic Synthesis. Electrochemical Modeling of Biological Processes