Electrochemical reactions at sacrificial electrodes: Synthesis of zinc(II) alkoxides. Part XVII

Abstract

266-268Electrochemical reactions of various alcohols have been carried out at sacrificial zinc anode and inert platinum cathode using tetrabutylammonium chloride as supporting electrolyte and acetonitrile as solvent. Solid products obtained from the anode compartment have been identified as zinc(II) alkoxides by elemental analysis and infrared spectral data. The current efficiencies of these systems have been found to be very high