From synthetic organic chemistry to electrochemistry

The paper describes the change of the author's research from synthetic organic chemistry to electrochemistry and the advantages and disadvantages of having been trained in organic synthesis rather than in electrochemistry. The described research in electrochemistry includes, among other projects, oxidations in non-aqueous solvents, reduction of azomethine derivatives and heterocyclic compounds, synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, reduction of graphite, electrocatalytic reductions, electron transfer in nucleophilic substitutions and additions, determination of redox potentials of short-lived radicals, and electrochemical formation of Grignard compounds having reducible groups. At the end, some considerations after 60 years of research are included.