Electroreductive coupling of organic halides in alcoholic solvents. An example: The electrosynthesis of biaryls catalysed by nickel-2,2' bipyridine complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00744-8

Alcohols like methanol or ethanol are suitable solvents for achieving the electrosynthesis of biaryls from aryl halides according to a procedure which involves a catalysis by nickel-2,2'-bipyridine complexes. All electrolyses were carried out at constant current in an undivided cell fitted with an iron or duralumin sacrificial anode.