Electrochemical reduction of organic compounds

US5919349A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Günther Huber · Munich, DE
• Andreas Weiper-Idelmann · Waldsee, DE
• Andreas Kramer · Zürich, CH
• Rolf Golombek · Neustadt, DE
• Markus Frede · Eppelheim, DE
• Luise Spiske · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Karl-Heinz Schehlmann · Schifferstadt, DE
• Volker Steuer · Lambsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 6, 1999
• Expiry date: May 20, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B11/051
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the electrochemical reduction of an organic compound by bringing the organic compound into contact with a cathode, wherein the cathode comprises a support made of an electrically conductive material and an electrically conductive, cathodically polarized layer formed thereon in situ by alluviation.