Electrochemical methods for synthesis and in situ generation of organometallic compounds

[Display omitted] •Electrochemical methods have been used for the preparation of organometallic compounds.•Main electrochemical synthetic and analytical methods and types of the electrochemical cells are described.•The electrochemically generated high-reactive organometallic species have been used in situ as the reagents for the synthesis of organic and organoelement compounds.•The application of in situ spectroelectrochemical methods for elucidating of the nature of organometallic intermediates formed in the electrochemical process and their application for the activation of organometallics for catalytical purposes are discussed. The electrochemical methods have a huge synthetic potential in both academia and industry. However, the implementation of electrochemistry for the synthesis of organometallic compounds is presented limitedly, while the sustainability and greenness of the electrochemical protocols allow considering them as a very promising and intriguing approach. This review summarizes the most important and practically useful advances in the electrochemistry of organometallics with the emphases on the direct electrochemical synthesis of organometallic derivatives by the formation of a carbon–metal bond, electrosynthesis of organic compounds mediated by in situ generated organometallics as well as cyclic voltammetry and related techniques, applied for analysis and preparation of organometallic compounds.