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Cathodic syntheses of tin alkyls—II. Reduction of simple alkyl halides

✍ Scribed by O.R. Brown; E.R. Gonzalez; A.R. Wright

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Weight
438 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0013-4686

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✦ Synopsis

In ethanolic solution methyl iodide reduces on tin cathodes to tetramethyltin but ethyl halides do not yield the corresponding tin ethyls except in insignificant yields. Increases in alkyl halide concentrations improve the yields of tin alkyls and also increase the passivation of the surface towards the reduction. The distribution of gaseous products from ethyl iodide reduction indicates the formation of small concentrations of free ethyl radicals at less negative potentials. Electrodes directly immersed in the catholyte are inactive and require cathodic polarisation in the background medium to improve activity.

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✍ M. Fleischmann; G. Mengoli; D. Pletcher 📂 Article 📅 1973 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 544 KB

The reduction of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl and n-butyl iodides has been studied at a tin cathode in dimethylformamide. The major product from the reduction of methyl iodide is tetramethyl tin but from ethyl, propyl and butyl iodides it is butane, hexane and oxtane respectively. Also as the size of the