Development and fabrication of a sustainable and recyclable COF-366-LP@Cu modified SPE electrode for the enantioselective electro-carboxylation of 1-phenylethan-1-ols to synthesize ( S )-2-phenylpropanoic acid derivatives under mild reaction conditions

Key Points

• To develop an efficient, sustainable electrocatalytic system for converting CO2 into phenylpropanoic acid derivatives.
• Development of COF-366 modified with l-proline and coated with Cu.
• Fabrication of a modified SPE electrode.
• Evaluation of electro-carboxylation of 1-phenylethan-1-ols.
• Achieved yields of 90–97% in 1 hour.
• Demonstrated efficiency under mild reaction conditions.