@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027642,
 author = {Yamamoto, Kosuke and Arita, Kazuhisa and Shiota, Masashi and Kuriyama, Masami and Onomura, Osamu},
 journal = {Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {Electrochemical pinacol coupling of carbonyl compounds in an undivided cell with a sacrificial anode would be a promising approach toward synthetically valuable vic-1,2-diol scaffolds without using low-valent metal reductants. However, sacrificial anodes produce an equimolar amount of metal waste, which may be a major issue in terms of sustainable chemistry. Herein, we report a sacrificial anode-free electrochemical protocol for the synthesis of pinacol-type vic-1,2-diols from sec-alcohols, namely benzyl alcohol derivatives and ethyl lactate. The corresponding vic-1,2-diols are obtained in moderate to good yields, and good to high levels of stereoselectivity are observed for sec-benzyl alcohol derivatives. The present transformations smoothly proceed in a simple undivided cell under constant current conditions without the use of external chemical oxidants/reductants, and transitionmetal catalysts., Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 18, pp.1062-1069; 2022},
 pages = {1062--1069},
 title = {Electrochemical formal homocoupling of sec-alcohols},
 volume = {18},
 year = {2022}
}