de Souza, Carlos A. published the artcileScope and mechanism of the electrochemical Reformatskii reaction of α-haloesters on a graphite powder cathode in aqueous anolyte, Quality Control of 31253-08-4, the publication is Electrochimica Acta (2014), 118-126, database is CAplus.
Six α-haloesters and eighteen carbonyl compounds were submitted to electrochem. coupling on a graphite powder cathode using aqueous anolyte free of organic solvents. Preparative yields of coupling products could be obtained with Et 2-bromoisobutyrate and aromatic aldehydes. Et 2-bromopropionate was much less efficient. Extensive variation of applied potential, electrolyte composition, stoichiometry, catalyst, leaving halogen and activating substituents on the carbonyl compound indicated that the reaction mechanism in most cases proceeds via a radical intermediate generated from the halide reduction Et chloroacetate produced only trace amounts of coupling product, most probably by a carbanionic mechanism.
Electrochimica Acta published new progress about 31253-08-4. 31253-08-4 belongs to iodides-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Iodide,Ester, name is Ethyl 2-Iodopropionate, and the molecular formula is C5H9IO2, Quality Control of 31253-08-4.
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