Development of an Electrolytic System Using Solid-Supported Bases for in Situ Generation of a Supporting Electrolyte from Methanol as a Solvent

摘要

Electroorganic synthesis is one of the most useful methods in organic synthesis.For example,the electrohydrodimerization of acrylonitrile to adiponitrile,an intermediate to nylon 66,originally developed by Monsanto Co.in the early 1960s,is now operating at several sites worldwide.In addition,electroorganic synthesis is an environmentally friendly process because electrons are inherently environmentally friendly reagents compared with conventional oxidizing and reducing reagents.Therefore,electroorganic synthesis has potential as a "green sustainable" process.However,large amounts of supporting electrolytes are required in order to provide sufficient electrical conductivity to solvents for electrolyses.