A synthetic chemist's guide to electroanalytical tools for studying reaction mechanisms

Spectroelectrochemistry and scanning electrochemical microscopy. This perspective provides an overview of these tools, with examples of both electrochemically-initiated processes and monitoring redox-active intermediates formed chemically in solution. The article is designed to introduce synthetic organic and organometallic chemists to electroanalytical techniques and their use in probing key mechanistic questions.

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: 1740656, CHE-1740656
• DO
  Division of Chemistry

  Awards: CHE-1740656, 1740656
• HM
  H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

  Award: 789399