Process for the electroreduction of aromatic carboxylic acids
US5108558A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C33/22
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
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.
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