Electrochemical synthesis of butane-1,4-diol
US4253921A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC25B3/29
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for making an .alpha.-, .omega.-dihydroxy-terminated alkane, preferably butane-1,4-diol, by cathodically coupling a polymethylene halohydrin, preferably ethylene bromo-, or iodohydrin, in an aqueous elctrolytic bath maintained at a pH of between about 8 and 10.
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