Due to the intrinsic inertness of alkanes, strong oxidative conditions are typically required to enable their C(sp 3 )À H functionalization. Herein, a paired electrocatalysis strategy was developed by integrating oxidative catalysis with reductive catalysis in one cell without interference, in which earth-abundant iron and nickel are employed as the anodic and cathodic catalysts, respectively. This approach lowers the previously high oxidation potential required for alkane activation, enabling electrochemical alkane functionalization at the ultra-low oxidation potential of � 0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl under mild conditions. Structurally diverse alkenes, including challenging all-carbon tetrasubstituted olefins, can be accessed using readily available alkenyl electrophiles.

Asymmetric catalysis is one of the most important areas of organic synthetic chemistry. In recent years, with the revival of organic electrochemistry, scientists have begun to try to combine asymmetric catalysis with electrochemistry to build valuable chiral molecules. In this review, we focus on examples of organic electrochemistry catalyzed by transition metals. According to the classification of the catalyst’s interaction with the substrate, we can divide them into two categories: 1) transition-metal catalysts as chiral Lewis acids; 2) transition-metal catalysts that construct chiral molecules by interacting with substrates through oxidative addition/reductive elimination.

Due to the intrinsic inertness of alkanes, strong oxidative conditions are typically required to enable their C(sp 3 )À H functionalization. Herein, a paired electrocatalysis strategy was developed by integrating oxidative catalysis with reductive catalysis in one cell without interference, in which earth-abundant iron and nickel are employed as the anodic and cathodic catalysts, respectively. This approach lowers the previously high oxidation potential required for alkane activation, enabling electrochemical alkane functionalization at the ultra-low oxidation potential of � 0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl under mild conditions. Structurally diverse alkenes, including challenging all-carbon tetrasubstituted olefins, can be accessed using readily available alkenyl electrophiles.

Due to the intrinsic inertness of alkanes, strong oxidative conditions are typically required to enable their C(sp3)−H functionalization. Herein, a paired electrocatalysis strategy was developed by integrating oxidative catalysis with reductive catalysis in one cell without interference, in which earth-abundant iron and nickel are employed as the anodic and cathodic catalysts, respectively. This approach lowers the previously high oxidation potential required for alkane activation, enabling electrochemical alkane functionalization at the ultra-low oxidation potential of ~0.25 V under mild conditions. Structurally diverse alkenes, including challenging all-carbon tetrasubstituted olefins, can be accessed via this electrochemical C(sp3)−H alkenylation using readily available alkenyl electrophiles.