EXATH will focus on the development of electrochemical mediators for reduction reactions in organic chemistry. The purpose of the mediator is to transfer electrons from the electrode and then donate the electron(s) to the substrate, i.e. the organic compound being reduced. In this sense, the mediators serve the same purpose as many vitamins in the body to transport electrons. The organic compound to be reduced could be a complex molecule, with multiple possible sites of reduction. The mediator helps to channel the electrons to the desired functionality from the desired direction. In this way, the mediator provides selectivity in the reduction reaction. The mediator can be used multiple times and it serves as a catalyst. The electrochemical reductions could replace wasteful, and often dangerous reduction reactions carried out in the industry, and they could also provide access to new selective reactions that are difficult to carry out without mediator-assisted catalysis.

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