Parallel Polymer Reactions of a Polyfluorene Derivative by Electrochemical Oxidation and Reduction

摘要

"Paired" electrochemical synthesis can be utilized for anodic oxidation and cathodic reduction of substrates simultaneously within a single circuit (one pot).The physical isolation of both electrode surfaces (reaction sites) can offer multiple reaction fields for opposing oxidation and reduction reactions. Among them, the divergent mode, in which two different products, one from anodic oxidation and another from cathodic reduction, are obtained from one substrate molecule, is of importance with respect to high productivity and high current efficiency. Unfortunately, the products once obtained may be re-electrolyzed at a counter electrode to give a complex mixture.