Chain Reactions Induced by Cathodic Reduction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00214a025

Cathodic reduction of a system comprising carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, and an aldehyde led to an effective anionic chain reaction.The best current efficiency observed was about 1*10⁴ percent .Such a chain reaction is an effective synthetic method for 1,1,1-trichloro-2-alkanols.The reaction system consisting of methyl trichloroacetate, methyl dichloroacetate, and an aldehyde and several other systems also exhibited a similar pattern of chain reaction.