Surprisingly, the development of new electrode materials is rarely explored in synthetic contexts despite the demand for new options. Historically, electrode materials are identified by repurposing them from other areas of electrochemistry, as is the case with pyrolytic carbon which has precedented use in analytical chemistry and batteries. Another example, boron-doped-diamond (BDD), developed in the 1970's, was thereafter used in water treatment facilities but was not found to be valuable in synthetic organic electrochemistry until nearly 30 years later with the partial oxidation of phenol and 3-methylpyridine followed by a pioneering study by the Waldvogel group that cemented its utility in synthesis. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no other notable additions to the carbon-based electrode synthetic toolbox for almost two decades. Although there are numerous examples of innovative electrodes for analytical electrochemistry, bioelectrocatalysis, and energy science, they are not widely employed in the synthetic community due to their limited generality and accessibility. To consider eventual large-scale applications, carbon-based electrodes are the most attractive options from both sustainability and cost standpoints. Prompted by this gap in electrode options, a search began for a new carbon-based material that retains the reactivity of amorphous carbon with low cost and high mechanical strength. A fruitful finding emerged from the electroanalytical literature where depositing a thin film of pyrolytic carbon onto a graphite electrode could dramatically improve the sensitivity for voltametric studies. Pyrolytic carbon (footnote: sometimes referred to as pyrolytic graphite, for more detailed classification, see ref ) is a synthetic carbon allotrope that had no practical application for many years until it found use in materials science and missile technologies. In electrode applications, the intention of using such a coating was to reduce the large residual current that is inherent to graphite due to its microporous nature (Figure , left. Also, the large residual current is seen in Figure ). In those early studies, the pyrolytic carbon film was formed via high temperature carbonization of natural gas onto a graphite surface. The similarity of this film with GC has been recognized and strongly encouraged us to pursue the material as an alternative electrode to RVC. We collaborated with KULR Technologies, a company with CVD expertise specialized in carbon materials, to develop a PC electrode at their San Diego facility specifically for use in organic synthesis (Figure , right). Furthermore, the PC electrodes described in this study are commercially available from IKA, and customsize PC electrodes can be acquired from KULR (see SI for more details).