One- versus two-electron reaction pathways in the electrocatalytic reduction of benzyl bromide at silver cathodes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 44, 2006, Pages 7735-7739

  Isse, Abdirisak A ^a   De Giusti, Alessio ^a   Gennaro, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzyl bromide; Dehydrohalogenation; Electrocarboxylation; Electrocatalysis; Silver cathode

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACID; BENZYL BROMIDE; BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; SILVER; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 33748961818     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.08.123     Document Type: Article

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