The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Electrolytic reductive coupling. XII. 1 Reactions with styrene of the intermediates produced by electrolytic reductive cleavage of certain cyanoalkylphosphonium …

JH Wagenknecht, MM Baizer

Index: Wagenknecht,J.H.; Baizer,M.M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1966 , vol. 31, # 12 p. 3885 - 3890

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Abstract

The behavior of compounds (CeHs) aP+(CH&, CN X-in which n= 1 4 was investigated in polarography, microcoulometry, and macroelectrolysis. When n= 1, a direct, two-electron reduction to (CaH&P and (CH2CN)-occurs. A pseudo-one-electron reduction is actually measured, because the (CH2CN)-generated exclusively attacks the parent ion to form CH3CN and (CsH&P= CHCN thus engaging two molecules of starting material in reaction ...