Tetrahedron

Electrochemical oxidation of alkyl-substituted allenes in methanol

JY Becker, B Zinger

Index: Becker, James Y.; Zinger, Baruch Tetrahedron, 1982 , vol. 38, # 11 p. 1677 - 1682

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Abstract

Mono-, di-and tri-alkyl-substituted allenes were potentiostatically oxidized in methanol at graphite and Pt anodes. At the former electrode, α-methoxylated ketones (due to 4F/mole electricity consumption) and esters (6F/mole) were the major products. At a Pt anode, intermediate products such as vinyl-ether derivatives (2F/mole) were characterised too. Unlike the anodic oxidation of alkenes and alkynes previously reproted in the literature, ...