A slightly lower yield was obtained for methyl ketone 2ad, being the result of carbonyl side-reactions (see Section 6 in the ESI). As expected from the trend in bond dissociation energy, aromatic halides (Cl, F) were preferentially removed under the electroreductive conditions prior to cleavage of the C-OH bond. Hence, the formation of hydrodeoxygenation products 2y-2z were not formed (see Section 13 in the ESI). Interestingly, introducing a cyano-group altered this preference and enabled the formation of alkane 2aa in moderate yield with an intact C-F bond. This approach, however, was not sufficient to provide the deoxygenation product with the bromide analogue (see Section 13 in the ESI).