Intramolecular Biradical Recombination of Dicarboxylic Acids to Unsaturated Compounds: A New Approach to an Old Kolbe Reaction

• Published in: ChemElectroChem Vol. 7; no. 24; pp. 4873 - 4878
• Main Authors: Meyers, Jérôme, Kurig, Nils, Gohlke, Clara, Valeske, Moritz, Panitz, Sinan, Holzhäuser, F. Joschka, Palkovits, Regina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim John Wiley & Sons, Inc 14.12.2020
• Subjects: Acids; Alkenes; Alkynes; Chemical reactions; Dicarboxylic acids; Dimerization; Electrolysis; Electrosynthesis; Kolbe electrolysis; Organic chemistry; reaction mechanisms; Substrates; Weights & measures

The Kolbe or Non‐Kolbe electrolysis is one of the most studied electro‐organic reactions and a fundamental pillar of organic chemistry. In contrast to classical Kolbe dimerization of monocarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids are only scarcely subject for Kolbe electrolysis in the literature despite t...