Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2000, 65, 862-880
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20000862
Electrocarboxylation of Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds
Dirk Golinske, Jürgen Voss* and Gunadi Adiwidjaja
Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Abstract
Chorinated benzenes (1, 4), biphenyls (6, 9), dibenzofurans (10, 15, 17, 18), 2-chlorodibenzo[1,4]dioxine (24) and 1-chloronaphthalene (26) as well as dibenzofuran (12) and naphthalene (27) themselves were transformed into carboxylic acids by galvanostatic electroreduction in the presence of carbon dioxide ("electrocarboxylation"). Dry DMF was used as solvent, zinc or stainless steel as cathode and magnesium as a sacrificial anode in an undivided cell. Hydrogenation of aromatic rings was not observed. However, reductive addition of two molecules of carbon dioxide to form dihydrodicarboxylic acids, e.g. 22 and 29, occurs in the dibenzofuran and naphthalene series.
Keywords: Electroreduction; Electrocarboxylation; Carboxylic acids; Chlorinated arenes; Dibenzofurans; Electrochemistry.
References: 24 live references.
