THE ELECTROLYSIS OF ω-BROMOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 40 (9) , 1846-1850
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v62-280
Abstract
The first successful preparation of ω,ω′-dibromides from the electrolyses of a series of ω-bromocarboxylic acids, Br(CH2)nCOOH (n = 5 to n = 11), is reported. Under conditions of fairly low temperature and current density, yields from 54 to 71% of these dibromides were obtained.The electrolysis of 11-bromoundecanoic acid is discussed as an example of how a small change in experimental conditions can produce a considerable change in the products of reaction. At 50°, the product was mainly 1,20-dibromoeicosane, whereas at 65° the products were mainly the esters methyl 11-bromoundecanoate and methyl 11-methoxyundecanoate.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: