Jack Hodgson

The Electrosynthesis of Highly Encumbered Biaryls from Aryl o-Iodobenzyl Ethers by a Radical to Polar Crossover Sequence. Highly encumbered 2,2',6-tri- and 2,2',6,6'-tetra-substituted biaryls are readily prepared from aryl ortho-iodobenzyl ethers through mediated cathodic reduction under flow. The reaction proceeds via the stepwise transfer of two electrons: the first to induce loss of iodide and a radical cyclisation, and the second to induce a polar fragmentation.

Introduction In May 2019, I was carrying out research for my PhD project at the California State Archives in Sacramento. One afternoon I left abruptly and did not return to the reading room for 48 hr. For a visiting graduate student from England this was far from ideal, but it was very necessary. I had been reading through inmate testimonies and essays from Whittier State School.

Spatio-Temporal Detachment of Homogeneous Electron Transfer in Controlling Selectivity in Mediated Organic Electrosynthesis Jack Hodgson, Ana Folgueiras-Amador, Derek Pletcher, David Harrowven, Guy Denuault and Richard Brown Abstract In electrosynthesis, electron transfer (ET) mediators are normally chosen such that they are more easily reduced (or oxidised) than the substrate for cathodic (or anodic) processes; setting the electrode potential to the mediator therefore ensures selective...