ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF AROMATIC OLEFINS. DEPENDENCE OF THE REACTION COURSE ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE OLEFINS AND ON THE NATURE OF THE ANODES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1981.1707

Anodic oxidation of a series of substituted styrenes was investigated in methanol with a platinum and a graphite electrode.Use of the platinum anode gave mainly dimethoxylated monomers accompanied wiht one or more of three types of dimethoxylated dimers (αα-, αβ-, and ββ-dimers) depending on the substituents.Use of the graphite anode, however, afforded the ββ-dimers as the main product together with dimethoxylated monomers.