5th Edition

Organic Electrochemistry Revised and Expanded

Edited By Ole Hammerich, Bernd Speiser Copyright 2016
    1748 Pages 2258 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Praise for the Fourth Edition

    "Outstanding praise for previous editions….the single best general reference for the organic chemist."
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society

    "The cast of editors and authors is excellent, the text is, in general, easily readable and understandable, well documented, and well indexed…those who purchase the book will be satisfied with their acquisition."
    Journal of Polymer Science

    "…an excellent starting point for anyone wishing to explore the application of electrochemical technique to organic chemistry and…a comprehensive up-to-date review for researchers in the field."
    Journal of the American Chemical Society

    Highlights from the Fifth Edition:

    • Coverage of the electrochemistry of buckminsterfullerene and related compounds, electroenzymatic synthesis, conducting polymers, and electrochemical fluorination
    • Systematic examination of electrochemical transformations of organic compounds, organized according to the type of starting materials
    • In-depth discussions of carbonyl compounds, anodic oxidation of oxygen-containing compounds, electrosynthesis of bioactive materials, and electrolyte reductive coupling
    • Features 16 entirely new chapters, with contributions from several new authors who also contribute to extensive revisions throughout the rest of the chapters

    Completely revised and updated, Organic Electrochemistry, Fifth Edition explains distinguishing fundamental characteristics that separate organic electrochemistry from classical organic chemistry. It includes descriptions of the most important variants of electron transfers and emphasizes the importance of electron transfers in initiating various electrochemical reactions. The sweeping changes and lengthy additions in the fifth edition testify to the field’s continued and rapid growth in research, practice, and application, and make it a valuable addition to your collection.

    FUNDAMENTALS AND METHODS

    Basic Concepts
    Christian Amatore

    Techniques for Studies of Electrochemical Reactions in Solution
    Ole Hammerich and Bernd Speiser


    In Situ Spectroelectrochemistry of Organic Compounds
    Peter Rapta, Evgenia Dmitrieva, Alexey A. Popov, and Lothar Dunsch

    Surface Techniques

    Mohamed M. Chehimi and Jean Pinson

    Application of Digital Simulation
    Bernd Speiser

    Theoretical Calculation of Reduction Potentials
    Junming Ho, Michelle L. Coote, Christopher J. Cramer, and Donald G. Truhlar

    GENERAL PREPARATIVE ASPECTS

    Preparative Electrolysis on the Laboratory Scale

    Jakob Jörissen and Bernd Speiser

    Application of Ionic Liquids, Emulsions, Sonication, and Microwave Assistance
    John D. Watkins and Frank Marken


    Combinatorial Electrochemistry and Miniaturization

    Kevin D. Moeller


    Relations between Micro- and Macrophenomena
    Christian Amatore

    ELECTRON TRANSFERS AND CONCERTED PROCESSES

    Influence of Molecular and Medium Effects on Two-Electron Processes

    Kevin Lam and William E. Geiger

    Electrochemically Driven Supramolecular Devices
    Paola Ceroni, Alberto Credi, and Margherita Venturi

    Proton-Coupled Electron Transfers

    Cyrille Costentin, Marc Robert, and Jean-Michel Savéant

    Dissociative Electron Transfers
    Cyrille Costentin, Marc Robert, and Jean-Michel Savéant

    Electron Transfer-Catalyzed Reactions
    Kazuhiro Chiba and Yohei Okada

    ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION TYPES

    Cleavages and Deprotections
    Ole Hammerich

    Reductive Coupling
    James H.P. Utley, R. Daniel Little, and Merete Folmer Nielsen

    Oxidative Coupling
    Hans J. Schäfer

    Oxidative Substitution and Addition Reactions
    Ole Hammerich and James H.P. Utley

    Fluorination
    Toshio Fuchigami and Shinsuke Inagi

    ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

    Electrochemistry of Fullerenes, Derivatives, and Related Compounds
    Frederic Melin, Lourdes E. Echegoyen, and Luis Echegoyen

    Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reduction
    Jürgen Heinze

    Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
    Ole Hammerich

    Activation of the Carbon-Halogen Bond
    Armando Gennaro, Abdirisak Ahmed Isse, and Patrizia Romana Mussini

    Aliphatic and Aromatic Halides: Conversions
    Dennis G. Peters

    Oxygen-Containing Compounds: Alcohols, Ethers, and Phenols
    Robert Francke, Thomas Quell, Anton Wiebe, and Siegfried R. Waldvogel

    Sulfur-, Selenium-, and Tellurium-Containing Compounds
    Richard S. Glass

    Aliphatic Nitrogen-Containing Compounds: Amines, Amino Alcohols, and Amino Acids
    Osamu Onomura

    Aromatic Nitrogen-Containing Compounds
    Jan S. Jaworski

    Reduction of Nitro Compounds and Related Substrates
    Ole Hammerich

    Reduction Aldehydes, Ketones, and Azomethines
    Jiří Ludvík

    Reductions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
    Rolf Breinbauer and Martin Peters

    Oxidation of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
    Hideo Tanaka, Manabu Kuroboshi, and Sigeru Torii

    Heterocyclic Compounds
    Fructuoso Barba and Belen Batanero

    Organoelemental Compounds
    Jun-Ichi Yoshida, Toshiki Nokami, and Seiji Suga

    Organometallic Compounds as Tools in Organic Electrosynthesis
    Anny Jutand

    STEREOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

    Electrosynthesis of Bioactive Materials
    Randi K. Gbur and R. Daniel Little

    Stereochemistry of Organic Electrode Processes
    Toshio Fuchigami and Shinsuke Inagi

    Electroenzymatic Synthesis
    Christina Kohlmann and Stephan Lütz

    Electrochemical Modeling of Biological Processes
    Richard D. Webster

    SURFACE CONFINED SYSTEMS

    Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers
    Jürgen Heinze

    Surface-Bound and Immobilized Molecules
    Jean Pinson

    SPECIAL APPLICATIONS

    Electrogenerated Bases and Nucleophiles
    James H.P. Utley, Merete Folmer Nielsen, and Peter B. Wyatt

    Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation
    Jean Lessard

    Biography

    Ole Hammerich is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974 and has taught since 1975. His research interests include kinetics and mechanisms of organic radical ion reactions, charge-transfer complexes, and electropolymerization. He is the author or coauthor of more than 110 articles, papers, and book chapters and was, together with Henning Lund, the editor of the fourth edition of Organic Electrochemistry. He was also, with Jens Ulstrup, editor of Bioinorganic Electrochemistry. He served as the National Secretary for Denmark and as the Molecular Electrochemistry chairman in the International Society of Electrochemistry. He is a member of the Danish Electrochemical Society and the Electrochemical Society.

    Bernd Speiser is an “auβerplanmäβiger Professor" in the Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Germany, where he teaches courses in organic chemistry and molecular electrochemistry. He received his doctoral degree in Tübingen in 1981 and finished his habilitation in 1990. He was a Heisenberg fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft from 1992-1996. His research focuses on the elucidation of reaction mechanisms of organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds with experimental methods and computer simulations. He has published more than 140 papers, communications, and book chapters. He was the founding chair of Division 6 ("Molecular Electrochemistry") in the International Society of Electrochemistry and is a member of the Electrochemical Society, the International Society of Electrochemistry, the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), and DECHEMA Gesellschaft für chemische Technik und Biotechnologie.

    "Everything you always wanted to know about organic electrochemistry but were too afraid to ask is in this book. If you have not found what you are looking for, it is almost certain that you have not looked properly and that you should try again. This is now the fifth edition of Organic Electrochemistry in forty odd years and it maintains the same high standard as its predecessors… the present edition was carefully nurtured by a blend of old timers and newcomers of editors and authors. The result is a fifth edition which bears many resemblances to its predecessors but at the same time a significant number of changes and updates have been introduced to the readership. This approach will attract new readers and be a comfort to scientists accustomed to the standard set by the previous editions.

    Organic Electrochemistry, Fifth edition will prove to be a vital aid for anyone wishing to undertake an Odyssey through the field of organic electrochemistry."

    Chromatographia , 2016

     

    Praise for the Fourth Edition

    "Outstanding praise for previous editions…the single best general reference for the organic chemist."
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society

    "The cast of editors and authors is excellent, the text is, in general, easily readable and understandable, well documented, and well indexed…those who purchase the book will be satisfied with their acquisition."
    Journal of Polymer Science

    "…an excellent starting point for anyone wishing to explore the application of electrochemical technique to organic chemistry and…a comprehensive up-to-date review for researchers in the field."
    Journal of the American Chemical Society

    Praise for the Third Edition
    "For nearly 20 years now, 'Baizer and Lund' has had the status of a proven and highly regarded standard work…. This revised and enlarged third edition takes account of the rapid developments occurring in the field…clear and comprehensible. The editors have succeeded in an exemplary way in welding together the individual contributions to make a consistent whole…it impresses through expert and skillful choice of material, and the wealth of helpful advice that is offered…recommended without hesitation…'Lund and Baizer' is certain to be appreciated as a valuable guide and a mine of information that one cannot afford to be without…a must for every library."
    Angewandte Chemie

    "This book is definitely an inevitable one for research laboratory libraries and a 'bible' for those who serve in this field…a valuable addition for college and university libraries."
    Bulletin of Electrochemistry

    "…a gateway to the literature and a source of ideas…thorough and authoritative…this revised version of Organic Electrochemistry will remain the standard reference book for all those in the field. It will also be welcome and valued reading for all who become drawn to the study of the electrode reactions of organic molecules for the first time."
    Chemistry & Industry

    "…an excellent reference…. The editors should be congratulated on a job well done. The authors are first rate and experts in their field. The book is recommended to all interested in the fields of organic as well as electrochemistry."
    Journal of Liquid Chromatography

    "(...) the book is extremely easy to read and provides an in-depth introduction to the most important aspects in organic electrochemistry. I highly recommend this book to all electrochemists and researchers starting their studies in the field of organic electrochemistry. It will also be extremely useful for scientists already working in the field and looking for specific information." - Neus Vilà,  Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l’Environnement, UMR 7564, CNRS-Université de Lorraine

    "Everything you always wanted to know about organic electrochemistry but were too afraid to ask is in this book. If you have not found what you are looking for, it is almost certain that you have not looked properly and that you should try again."
    —Chromatographia , 2016