Use of Sacrificial Anodes in Synthetic Electrochemistry. Processes Involving Carbon Dioxide.

A Century of Organic Electrochemistry

“…The use of aluminum 81 and magnesium 82 as sacrificial anodes solves not only the problem of anode reaction, but the dissolved ions function as added supporting electrolyte and in many cases the magnesium ions play a special role by salt formation of the product during the reaction.…”

Electrochemistry for a better environment

“…Current and product yields of 85% and 90%, respectively, were claimed. The system, which poses no environmental problems, could be competitive with chemical methods should the latter incur higher costs as a result of more severe environmental restrictions [178].…”

The cathodic reduction of carbon dioxide—What can it realistically achieve? A mini review

“…ethene or butadiene, is present in solution, the radical formed adds to the unsaturated molecule to give rather complex mixtures of carboxylate products. For example, with ethane [30], a mixture of monocarboxylates and dicarboxylates with 2 -8 carbon atom chains while with butadiene [31] a mixture of C 5 , C 6 and C 10 unsaturated carboxylic acids were reported.…”