Scientists and researchers in academia and the vast chemical and electrochemical fields will delight in reading this ready reference and textbook which covers the essence of electroorganic reactions from a synthetic perspective. The author gives a well-organized and succinct view of the many ways in which the electrochemical method of synthesis may be used as a valuable adjunct to conventional chemical (thermal or catalytic) methodology.
The five chapters cover 1) a synoptic introduction to organic electrochemistry, 2) anodic and 3) cathodic reactions of synthetic interest, 4) indirect electrochemical reactions and 5) special topics. Selected representative preparative examples are described in detail for illustrative purposes.