A general and practical protocol for the construction of isoxazolidine-fused isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones has been described by electrochemical-oxidation-induced intramolecular annulation via amidyl radicals. In an undivided cell, isoquinolinones could be easily generated from various available amides bearing CONHOR groups under metal-free, additive-free and external oxidant-free conditions. Moreover, this transformation proceeded smoothly by using cheap 95% ethanol as the green solvent and could be extended to the gram scale.
An electrochemical protocol for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides has been developed in which NaCl plays a dual role: (1) as an electrolyte for the electrochemical transformations and (2) as a redox mediator to avoid oxidation of sensitive functional groups.
An electrooxidative direct difunctionalization of internal alkynes with sulfonyl hydrazides has been developed for the construction of sulfonated enethers.