Electrochemical oxidation of organic compounds in fluorosulfuric acid—III. Voltammetric investigation of aromatic carboxylic acids and acylium ions

AP Rudenko, MJ Zarubin, NS Barsheva, F Pragst

Index: Rudenko; Salfetnikova; Vasil'ev Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 32, # 10 p. 1447 - 1470

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Abstract

Abstract The anodic behavior of a series of substituted benzoic acids 1a–1w and of the corresponding benzoylium ions 5 is investigated by cyclic voltammetry in fluorosulfuric acid at− 76 C. The acids are oxidized to cation radicals, the stability of which decreases with