Electrolysis of phenyl and benzyl quaternary ammonium salts

✍ Scribed by M. Finkelstein; R.C. Petersen; S.D. Ross

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1965
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 338 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(65)80062-7

✦ Synopsis

Electrolysis of the following salts in various solvents at an aluminum cathode gave benzene as the major cleavage product: trimethylanilinium nitrate, trimethylanilinium methoxide, triethylanilinium nitrate and triethylanilinium methoxide. The rate of formation of benzene was studied in several cases. Electrolysis of benzyltriethylammonium ion in dimethylformamide gave both toluene and bibenzyl while the electrolysis of benzyldimethylanilinium ion gave bibenzyl, toluene and benzene.

R&urn&-Son taux de formation d&note que le benzene est le produit predominant, en solvants trts divers, du clivage Clectrolytique sur cathode Al, des sels suivants: anilinium; nitrate ou m6thoxyde de triCthylanilinium.

nitrate ou methoxyde de trimCthyl-Dans la formaldkhyde, l'ion benzyltri&thylammonium fournit conjointement du toluene et du dibenzyle, tandis que l'ion benzyldimethylammonium foumit en outre du benzkne.