The anodic treatment of guaiacol derivatives on boron-doped diamond electrodes (BDD) provides a direct access to nonsymmetrical biphenols, which would require a multistep sequence by conventional methods. Despite the destructive nature of BDD anodes they can be exploited for chemical synthesis.
[Chittimalla, Santhosh Kumar; Bandi, Chennakesavulu; Putturu, Sireesha; Kuppusamy, Rajesh; Boellaard, Kevin Christopher; Tan, David Chu Aan; Lum, Demi Ming Jie European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 2014, # 12 p. 2565 - 2575]
