Sono-emulsion electrosynthesis: electrode-insensitive Kolbe reactions

JD Wadhawan, F Marken, RG Compton…

Index: Wadhawan; Marken; Compton; Bull; Davies Chemical Communications, 2001 , # 1 p. 87 - 88

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Abstract

The electro-oxidation of water-immiscible liquid aliphatic acids (RCO2H) leading to decarboxylation to afford a hydrocarbon (R–R) may be achieved using an emulsion formed via insonation so that the organic phase continuously extracts the products; in complete contrast to conventional monophasic electrolyses, the type and yield of products obtained from this biphasic Kolbe electrolysis are independent of the electrode material used.