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ArticleChemSusChem2026

Bis(oxalato)borate Salts as Safe and Fluorine-Free Alternatives to Conventional Supporting Electrolytes for Organic Electrosynthesis.

Anton Scherkus, Zeng He, Robert Francke

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Article in ChemSusChem, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Electrochemistry of Hypervalent Halogen Compounds.Accounts of chemical research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anton ScherkusLeibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock, Germany.
Zeng HeLeibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock, Germany.
Robert FranckeLeibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4998-1829

Funding

Chinese Scholarship Council StipendDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 441548530Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 460129901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supporting electrolytes are indispensable in organic electrosynthesis, since they provide the ionic conductivity required for closing the electrical circuit. In combination with organic solvents, lithium or tetraalkylammonium salts of perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, and hexafluorophosphate are typically employed. Although these salts exhibit good solubility and high electrochemical stability, there are known issues with chemical stability, safety, and sustainability. Therefore, problems are to be expected when transferring lab-scale innovations to industrial application, which is why sustainable and affordable alternatives with comparative performance are needed. In this context, we explored the use of commercially available lithium bis(oxalato)borate as potential candidate. In the present work, we compare the (electro)chemical properties to the standard salts in typical reaction media and characterize the performance in electrosynthesis using three different test cases. It was found that LiBOB can compete with LiClO

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bis(oxalato)borateelectrosynthesisorganic electrochemistrysupporting electrolytesustainability

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PMID41936098
PMCPMC13050548

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