Electrochemistry Enabling Stereoselective Diamination of Alkenes

To achieve the stereoselective and regioselective diamination of alkenes, Xu et al. developed an electrochemical protocol for the diamination of aryl alkenes with sulfamides by using triarylamine as a redox mediator. The chemistry proceeded in an undivided cell under constant current conditions, featuring not only wide scope of substrates and reasonable yields, but also excellent diastereoselectivity(>20:1 dr) and regioselectivity. This work has been published in the Nature Communications and can be reached at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13024-5.