Synthesis 2023; 55(18): 2873-2895
DOI: 10.1055/a-2019-0399
short review
Special Issue Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

Research Advances in Electrochemical Synthesis of Spirocyclic Skeleton Compounds

Qian Wang
a   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposomics and Entire Lifecycle Health, School of Public Health of Guilin Medical University, 1 Zhiyuan Road, Guilin 541199, P. R. of China
b   State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yucai Road, Guilin 541004, P. R. of China
,
Han-Fu Liu
b   State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yucai Road, Guilin 541004, P. R. of China
,
Sai-Yan Ren
b   State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yucai Road, Guilin 541004, P. R. of China
,
Mu-Xue He
a   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposomics and Entire Lifecycle Health, School of Public Health of Guilin Medical University, 1 Zhiyuan Road, Guilin 541199, P. R. of China
,
Ying-Ming Pan
b   State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yucai Road, Guilin 541004, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22161008), the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources Chemistry and Biotechnology (No. 2022KF05), the Central Government Guides Local Science and Technology Development Fund Projects (No. guike ZY21195014), and the Opening Project of Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Analyse and Drugs Development of Ethnomedicine in Wuling Mountain (No. hgxy2101).


Abstract

Spirocyclic compounds have attracted the interest of synthetic chemists because of their unique ring systems and utility in drug discovery. Many natural compounds containing spirocyclic moieties in their skeleton are effective pharmaceuticals. For many redox processes, electroorganic synthesis is considered an environmentally friendly method, since the use of reagents with significant toxicity is replaced by electric current, so the amount of waste is often greatly reduced. Therefore, this review summarizes the construction of compounds with a spirocyclic skeleton via electrochemical synthesis strategies since 2000.

1 Introduction

2 Electrochemically Mediated Synthesis of Spirocyclopropanes

3 Electrochemically Mediated Synthesis of Spirooxindoles

4 Electrochemically Mediated Synthesis of Spirodienones

5 Electrochemically Mediated Synthesis of Other Heterospirocycles

6 Conclusion



Publication History

Received: 04 December 2022

Accepted after revision: 24 January 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
24 January 2023

Article published online:
06 March 2023

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