The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Electroreductive dehalogenation of fluorobenzenes

E Kariv-Miller, Z Vajtner

Index: Kariv-Miller, Essie; Vajtner, Zlatko Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 9 p. 1394 - 1399

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

The electroreduction of 1, 3-difluorobenzene and fluorobenzene on mercury cathodes in diglyme was investigated. In preparative experiments using tetrabutylmmonium tetrafluoroborate as the electrolyte, fluorobenzene formed benzene and 1, 3- difluorobenzene formed a mixture of fluorobenzene and benzene. When dimethylpyrrolidinium (DMP+) tetrafluoroborate was used, benzene was obtained from ...