Selective electrochemical dehalogenation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in MeCN at room temperature

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1996.261

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (commercial pesticide 2,4-D) can be dechlorinated by electrochemical reduction at different carbon materials under mild conditions to give phenoxyacetic acid with 80% selectivity at 75% conversion of 2,4-D (current efficiency 10～14%).