J. Gassmann et al., ELECTROREDUCTION OF ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS .25. ELECTROCHEMICAL DEHALOGENATION OF CHLORINATED INSECTICIDES, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 50(6), 1995, pp. 953-958
Partial but regio- and stereoselective dechlorination takes place if p
olychlorinated oligocyclic insecticides (Diels-Alder adducts and dimer
s of hexachlorocyclopentadiene) are electrolysed in methanol solution
at lead cathodes. The products are detected and identified by GC/MS, I
R and NMR spectroscopy. The structure of the product 2 formed from Mir
ex(R) is confirmed by an X-ray structural analysis.