The advantages of Kolbe electrolysis compared with non-electrochemical radical reactions 19 are the use of simple reaction conditions: a simple undivided cell can be used, methanolic sodium methoxide serves in most cases as the solvent/supporting electrolyte, electrode potential need not be controlled, the cost of the electricity is low, scale-up is comparatively easy, which also makes the reaction attractive for technical use and the starting compounds, carboxylic ...
[McIntosh, John M.; Thangarasa, Rasiah; Foley, Nancy K.; Ager, David J.; Froen, Diane E.; Klix, Russell C. Tetrahedron, 1994 , vol. 50, # 7 p. 1967 - 1974]