Canadian Journal of Chemistry

The electrolysis of ω-bromocarboxylic acids

RG Woolford

Index: Woolford,R.G. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1962 , vol. 40, p. 1846 - 1850

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

The first successful preparation of ω, ω'-dibromides from the electrolyses of a series of ω- bromocarboxylic acids, Br (CH2) n COOH (n= 5 to n= 11), is reported. Under conditions of fairly low temperature and current density, yields from 54 to 71% of these dibromides were obtained. The electrolysis of 11-bromoundecanoic acid is discussed as an example of how a small change in experimental conditions can produce a considerable change in the ...