Tunable Electrosynthesis of Anthranilic Acid Derivatives via a C-C Bond Cleavage of Isatins.

A facile and direct electrocatalytic C-C bond cleavage/functionalization reaction of isatins was developed. With isatins as the amino-attached C1 sources, a variety of aminobenzoates, and aminobenzamides were synthesized in moderate to good yields under mild conditions.