Process for the electroreduction of aromatic carboxylic acids

Details Process for the electroreduction of aromatic carboxylic acids Process for the electroreduction of aromatic carboxylic acids

Filed on

1989-06-19

Date issued

1992-04-28

Examiner

Niebling, John F.

Patent Class

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

SubClass

Processes and products

Other Related Categories

204 73R, C25B 300

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

051085585

Description

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a process for the electroreduction of aromatic acids comprising reducing an aromatic carboxylic acid electrolytically in an aqueous acidic solution by the use of a material of a low oxygen overvoltage as the anode for oxygen generation, thereby producing the corresponding benzyl alcohol in high yield in a single electrolytic apparatus.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4402805 (1983-09-01), Donohue
patent: 4560450 (1985-12-01), Morduchowitz et al.
patent: 4684449 (1987-08-01), Takenaka et al.
Baizer et al., "Organic Electrochemistry An Introduction and a Guide", 2nd ed., Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1983, p. 183.

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