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Electrocatalytic methylation and amination reactions with CO2 and NOxy–

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Implementing a chemical C–N coupling step to intercept reactive intermediates in electrocatalytic CO2 or NOxy– reduction reactions is an emerging approach to sustainable electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds from cheap and abundant feedstocks.

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The authors acknowledge sole support from the Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE), an Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-SC0021173.

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Rooney, C.L., Wang, H. Electrocatalytic methylation and amination reactions with CO2 and NOxy–. Nat. Synth 3, 792–793 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00565-x

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