Electrochemical synthesis of ketones from acid chlorides and alkyl and aryl halides catalysed by nickel complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(89)85195-2

The nickel-catalysed electrochemical cross-coupling of acid chlorides and alkyl or aryl halides in acetonitrile affords unsymmetric ketones in good to high yields.The reaction can be performed under very simple and mild conditions in a diaphragmless cell.A zinc rod as the sacrificial anode has been found to be the most efficient.