2003 Electrochemical reactions

Electrochemical reactionsM 7000 Electrooxidative Transformation of Unsubstituted and Substituted Nitro Hydro-

carbons into Carbonyl Compounds. — Reaction of various nitro compounds with al-kaline reagents generates the corresponding aci-forms, which are electrolyzed in meth-anol in an undivided cell to give carbonyl compounds. In general, electrooxidation of primary nitro compounds provides access to a mixture of aldehydes (III), (VI) and car-boxylic acid esters (IV), (VII) while ketones (IX) are formed from the secondary nitro compounds (VIII). — (OGIBIN*, Y. N.; ILOVAISKII, A. I.; MERKULOVA, V. M.; TERENT'EV, A. O.; NIKISHIN, G. I.; Russ. Chem. Bull. 51 (2002) 8, 1460-1465; Zelinsky Inst. Org. Chem., Russ. Acad. Sci., Moscow 117913, Russia; Eng.) — Mischke

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