ABSTRACT
There is a wide tradition in the organic electrosynthesis occurring in solution phase that is when the parent compounds and the resulting components are all species in solution in a suitable electrolyte. There is the possibility of producing organic electrosynthesis via solid-to-solid interconversion of compounds immobilized onto electrode surfaces. This chapter is devoted to present the foundations, problems, and future developments of this electrosynthetic scenario in the context of solid-state electrochemistry, taken as that referring to electrochemical systems where at least one solid ionic conductor displays redox processes. It focuses on electrosynthetic processes involving microparticulate deposits of solids on inert electrodes, avoiding other related methodologies, in particular those involving polymer coatings on electrodes, with obvious direct relation but having different specific aspects. Solid-to-solid electrosynthesis can be regarded as a research field currently being in its early stages. The electrochemical processes taking place in the voltammetry of immobilized particles can be roughly divided into solid-state transformations and reductive/oxidative dissolutions.
