ELECTROCHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS BY SMALL MOLECULES

The results of the studies undertaken by the authors as well as published data on the processes of electrochemical incorporation of <<small>> molecules (CO2, SO2, CS2, NO) into organic substrates are presented. Addressed in particular are the reactions of cathodic carboxylation of halogen-containing aliphatic and aromatic compounds, polymers, olefines, of sulfonylation and dithiocarboxylation of freons, of anodic amines nitrozation. The candidate mechanisms of the processes studied and the effect the reagents' nature and the electrolysis conditions have on the reactions' and product composition and yield are con templated.