Kolbe electrolysis
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'''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 → CH<sub>3</sub>COO<sup>−</sup> → CH<sub>3</sub>COO'''·''' → CH<sub>3</sub>'''·''' + CO<sub>2</sub>
2CH<sub>3</sub>'''·''' → CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>
==See also==
* [[Decarboxylation]]
* [[Electrosynthesis]]
* [[Kolbe-Schmitt reaction]]
== References ==
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== 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}}
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