Kolbe electrolysis

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Kolbe electolysis or Kolbe reaction is an organic reaction named after Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe. The Kolbe reaction is formally a decarboxylative dimerisation and proceeds by a radical reaction mechanism.

As an example, electrolysis of acetic acid yields ethane and carbon dioxide:

CH3COOH → CH3COO- → CH3COO. → CH3. + CO2

2CH3. → CH3CH3

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  1. Electrode Kinetic Aspects of the Kolbe Reaction A. K. Vijh, B. E. Conway; Chem. Rev.; 1967; 67(6); 623-664.
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