Organic Electrochemistry in Aluminum Chloride Melts.

Abstract

Organic electrochemistry and chemical studies have been carried out in molten sodium tetrachloroaluminate at 175 C and in an ethylpyridinium bromide-aluminum chloride melt, with benzene as a cosolvent at room temperature. The reductive defunctionalization of a number of adamantanes was studied in the sodium tetrachloroaluminate system at 175 C. In the room temperature melt, with benzene, the oxidation of hexamethylbenzene was studied and was found to yield pentamethylbenzene and diphenylmethane. The pentamethylbenzene could be further oxidized to tetramethylbenzene and diphenylmethane. A mechanism is proposed. Several iron diimine complexes were also studied in this melt.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031082

Entities

People

  • L. L. Miller
  • R. A. Osteryoung

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Adamantanes
  • Aluminum
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Transfer
  • Friedel Crafts Reactions
  • High Temperature
  • Lewis Acids
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Organic Compounds
  • Oxidation

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Organic Chemistry