CARBON DIOXIDE-PROMOTED ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF AROMATIC NITRO-COMPOUNDS TO AZOXY COMPOUNDS IN ACETONITRILE

Authors
OHBA T ISHIDA H YAMAGUCHI T HORIUCHI T OHKUBO K
Citation
T. Ohba et al., CARBON DIOXIDE-PROMOTED ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF AROMATIC NITRO-COMPOUNDS TO AZOXY COMPOUNDS IN ACETONITRILE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (3), 1994, pp. 263-264
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
263 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1994):3<263:CDEROA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
CO2 was found to promote electrochemical reduction of aromatic nitro c ompounds in acetonitrile even in the absence of a proton source to pro duce multi-electron reduction products, azoxy compounds as well as sma ller amounts of azo and hydroxylamino compounds.