Highly efficient electrocatalytic carboxylation of 1-phenylethyl chloride at Cu foam cathode

La Xia Wu; Qi Long Sun; Man Ping Yang; Ying Guo Zhao; Ye Bin Guan; Huan Wang; Jia Xing Lu

doi:10.3390/catal8070273

Highly efficient electrocatalytic carboxylation of 1-phenylethyl chloride at Cu foam cathode

La Xia Wu, Qi Long Sun, Man Ping Yang, Ying Guo Zhao, Ye Bin Guan, Huan Wang, Jia Xing Lu

School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

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Abstract

A simple and efficient electrocatalytic carboxylation of benzyl chloride with CO₂ is described. The reaction operates under 1 atm CO₂ and room temperature in an undivided cell with Cu foam cathode and Mg sacrificial anode without any additional catalyst. For the model compound 1-phenylethyl chloride, the influence of cathode material, solvent, charge, current density and temperature were investigated. Under optimized conditions, 99% yield of 2-phenylpropionic acid could be obtained. Moreover, reasonable yields were also achieved with other benzyl chlorides.

Original language	English
Article number	273
Journal	Catalysts
Volume	8
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8070273
State	Published - 6 Jul 2018

Keywords

Benzyl chlorides
Carbon dioxide
Carboxylation
Cu foam
Electrocatalytic

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Highly efficient electrocatalytic carboxylation of 1-phenylethyl chloride at Cu foam cathode

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