Results Preparative electrolyses were performed potentiostatically in a three-compartment cell at room temperature. Acetonitrile-lithium perchlorate or tetraethylammonium flouborate were used in both anode and cathode compartments. The solvent was routinely distilled from phosphorus pentoxide before use. The background current in all experiments was 4. 5 mA/cm2 at 2.35 V. Initial currents with added substrates were 10-100 times the ...
