Efficient Flow Electrochemical Alkoxylation of Pyrrolidine-1-Carbaldehyde

• Nasser Amri^a
• Ryan A. Skilton^b
• Duncan Guthrie^b
• Thomas Wirth^*a

• ^a School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
• ^b Vapourtec Ltd., 21 Park Farm Business Centre, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TS, UK

We report on the optimization of the alkoxylation of pyrrolidine-1-carbaldehyde by using a new electrochemical microreactor. Precise control of the reaction conditions permits the synthesis of either mono- or dialkoxylated reaction products in high yields.

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