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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Catal. 2022 Oct 3;12(20):12617–12626. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03033

Table 1.

Optimization of Electrochemical Cross-Electrophile Coupling in an Undivided Batch Cell.

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Entry Deviation from Standard Conditions Yield (%)b
1 2 3 4
1 None 3 5 89 3
2 5% v/v H2O 54 11 38 29
3 No L1 or L2 83 43 7 0
4 No NiBr2 • 3 H2O 98 60 0 0
5 No NiBr2 • 3 H2O, reverse current for 0.2 F/mol beforehand 1 8 69 5
6 No DIPEA >99 68 0 0
7 0 F/molc 99 93 0 0
8 RVC instead of Ni foam and graphite 45 17 41 18
9 Graphite instead of Ni foam 13 26 8 29
10 0.7 mA/cm2 instead of 1.3 mA/cm2 0 2 80 11
11 2.0 mA/cm2 instead of 1.3 mA/cm2 0 0 78 12
12 45 °C instead of 70 °C 35 16 35 31
13 LiBr instead of TBAPF6 3 0 66 10
a

Ni foam cathode surface area = 7.5 cm2.

b

Corrected GC yield vs dodecane.

c

Reaction mixture was stirred and heated for 4.3 h (length of reaction for 4 F/mol at 1.3 mA/cm2).