Nickel catalyzed electrosynthesis of ketones from organic halides and metal carbonyls

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)10143-0

Ketones can be easily obtained by electroreduction in an undivided cell of an organic halide-metal carbonyl mixture using a Ni-bpy catalytic system in DMF (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine). The process is especially well convenient for primary benzyl and alkyl halides.