Kolbe electrolysis
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Kolbe electrolysis
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The Kolbe electrolysis or Kolbe reaction is an organic reaction named after Hermann Kolbe. The Kolbe reaction is formally a decarboxylative dimerisation of two carboxylic acids. The overall reaction is:
- If a mixture of two different carboxylates are used, all combinations of them are generally seen as the organic product structures:
- 3 R1COO− + 3 R2COO− → R1−R1 + R1−R2 + R2−R2 + 6 CO2 + 6 e− The reaction mechanism involves a two-stage radical process: electrochemical decarboxylation gives
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Organic reaction
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbe_electrolysis
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2005-03-31T21:25:28Z
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2024-09-05T05:31:59Z
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