Title : Electrocatalysis: An emerging green and powerful strategy in synthetic organic chemistry
Abstract:
Pioneering advances in green chemistry and engineering are directed towards a sustainable future that is highly demanding for our survival. The ultimate motto of the chemical fraternity is also thus extensively linked with this goal. As part of applying green tools in synthetic organic chemistry research, organic electrosynthesis has become influential in this domain and finds practical applications in academia and industry due to low energy consumption, mildness, and environmental friendliness. Organic electrochemistry has led to a boom in new synthetic methodologies and their mechanistic understandings. Much of the promise of such a technique hinges on their ability to achieve unique bond constructions that are not feasible using established protocols. Thus, synthetic chemists have been motivated to exploit electrosynthesis to develop efficient strategies for potential organic small molecules. Still, this spectacular field of research is growing in the scenario of global chemical research.
As part of our ongoing research endeavours, we have also been deeply involved in green chemistry research during the last few years. We have focused on designing and developing new approaches for biologically promising organic small molecules, including exploring electrochemical strategies in implementing organic transformations of interest. In recent years, our group has already published a handful of such research articles in the frontline international journals of repute. The developed electrochemical strategies yielded several series of biorelevant organic molecules, particularly heterocyclic compounds, based on C-H functionalization. A few of our selected synthetic drives in the domain of electrosynthesis in accessing functionalized organic small molecules of biological promise will be presented in the meeting.
