Kolbe electrolysis 1675918 221671810 2008-06-25T15:37:33Z Chem-awb 4806773 [[Category:Name reactions]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Kolbe electolysis''' or '''Kolbe reaction''' is an [[organic reaction]] named after [[Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = Zersetzung der Valeriansäure durch den elektrischen Strom | author = [[Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe|Hermann Kolbe]] | journal = [[Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie]] | year = 1848 | volume = 64 | issue = 3 | pages = 339–341 | doi = 10.1002/jlac.18480640346}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal | title = Untersuchungen über die Elektrolyse organischer Verbindungen | author = [[Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe|Hermann Kolbe]] | journal = [[Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie]] | year = 1849 | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 257–372 | doi = 10.1002/jlac.18490690302}}</ref> The Kolbe reaction is formally a '''decarboxylative dimerisation''' and proceeds by a [[free radical|radical]] [[reaction mechanism]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = Electrode Kinetic Aspects of the Kolbe Reaction | author = A. K. Vijh, B. E. Conway | journal = [[Chem. Rev.]] | year = 1967 | volume = 67 | issue = 6 | pages = 623–664 | doi = 10.1021/cr60250a003}}</ref> As an example, electrolysis of [[acetic acid]] yields [[ethane]] and [[carbon dioxide]]: CH<sub>3</sub>COOH &rarr; CH<sub>3</sub>COO<sup>−</sup> &rarr; CH<sub>3</sub>COO'''·''' &rarr; CH<sub>3</sub>'''·''' + CO<sub>2</sub> 2CH<sub>3</sub>'''·''' &rarr; CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>3</sub> ==See also== * [[Decarboxylation]] * [[Electrosynthesis]] * [[Kolbe-Schmitt reaction]] == References == {{Reflist}} == External links== * {{cite web | title = Kolbe Electrolysis | publisher = Organic Chemistry Portal | url = http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/kolbe-electrolysis.shtm | accessdate = 2007-10-22}} {{electrolysis}} [[Category:Organic redox reactions]] [[Category:Electrolysis]] [[de:Kolbe-Elektrolyse]] [[fr:Électrolyse de Kolbe]] [[it:Elettrolisi di Kolbe]] [[Category:Name reactions]]