Organic electrochemistry preparative aspects

In the first part of the present review, new techniques of preparation of modified electrodes and their electrochemical properties are presented. The second part is devoted to applications based on electrochemical reactions of solute species at modified electrodes. Special focus is given to the general requirements for the use of modified electrodes in synthetic and analytical organic electrochemistry. The subject has been reviewed several times Besides the latest general review by Murray a number of more recent overview articles have specialized on certain aspects macro-molecular electronics theoretical aspects of electrocatalysis organic applicationssensor electrodes and applications in biological and medicinal chemistry. 

The preparative aspects of organic electrochemistry are presented in the fundamental review by Lund and Baizer.4 An earlier review5 includes the technical aspects of electroorganic synthesis. Indirect methods in preparative organic electrochemistry also have been summarized 6 these methods are used in the production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Electroenzymatic synthesis also has been reviewed.7... 

Refs. [i] Steckhan E (1996) Electroorganic synthesis. In Kissinger PT, Heineman WR (eds) Laboratory techniques in analytical chemistry, 2nd edn. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 641-682 [ii] Jorissen J (2004) Practical aspects of preparative scale electrolysis. In Bard AJ, Stratmann M, Schafer HJ (eds) Organic electrochemistry. Encyclopedia of electrochemistry, vol. 8. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 29... 

J. Jorissen, Practical Aspects of Preparative Scale Electrochemistry, Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry, Organic Electrochemistry (Ed. H. Schafer), Viley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004, Vol 8, Chapter 2. 

Electrochemistry provides routes to directly prepare nanostructures both delocalized in a random or organized way and localized at predefined surface sites with adjustable aspect ratios. Purity, monodispersity, ligation, and other chemical properties and treatments are definitely important in most cases. By delocalized electrodeposition it is possible to decorate large areas of metal or semiconductor surfaces with structures of a narrow size distribution stable nuclei-clusters can be... 

The Series of reports on Progress in Electrochemistry of Organic Compounds should stimulate systematic treatment and propagation of information in this field of science. It is proposed that each volume of the series will be compiled on the same lines as the book Advances in Electrochemistry of Organic Compounds published by Nauka in 1966. They will form collections of original review articles on the most important aspects of the subject, prepared by competent authorities. 

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