Cathodic cleavage of carbonoxygen bond—II electroreduction of ethers in weakly acidic organic solvents

✍ Scribed by E. Santiago; J. Simonet

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 303 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(75)87007-1

✦ Synopsis

Electrochemical reduction of ethers has been studied both in aprotic and in protic solvents. The cleavage of the carbon-oxygen bond mainly occurs for benzylic and allylic ethers but it can lx observed a partial reduction of the electrophore leading to a saturated ether. Vinylic and allenic ethers are not cleaved but get double bonds selectively saturated. Results are discussed according to the nature of the electrophore, the position of the ether group in the molecule and the proton availability of organic solvent