Previously we studied the anodic thiocyanation of aromatic compounds [1, 2] followed by a one-pot anodic thiocyanation and isothiocyanation of alkenes in both acidic two-phase (water-dichloromethane) and homogeneous one-phase (water-acetonitrile) media [3]. The present talk will describe a two-step thiocyanation of alkenes in formic acid [4] and a plausible mechanism for this reaction.

At the bottom there is a typical example showing the type of a major product obtained in this process.

References

[1] A. Gitkis, J.Y. Becker, J. Electroanal. Chem., 593 (2006) 29-33.

[2] A. Gitkis, J.Y. Becker, Electrochim. Acta, 55 (2010) 5854-5859.

[3] A. Levy, J.Y. Becker, Electrochim. Acta, 178 (2015) 294–302.

[4] A. Gitkis, J.Y. Becker, Electroanalysis, 28 (2016) 2802-2807.