At least fifty reports of photochemically generated CO2 •-applied to organic synthesis have appeared in the literature during the past seven years. In the same time frame, however, less than a dozen reports of electrochemically generated CO2 •-for organic synthesis are available. Additionally, the electrochemical methods are all based on direct CO2 reduction to form CO2 •-, necessitating cathode potentials in excess of -2.5 V vs Fc/Fc + .