Effect of different factors on electrochemically activated insertion of carbon dioxide in acylchlorides

The influence of electronic structure of reactants, the nature of supporting electrolyte, electrode's material, etc., on the processes of electrochemical carboxylation of acylchlorides (CH(3)COCl, p-X-C(6)H(4)COCl, where X = CH(3), H, NO(2)) on the yield of the corresponding alpha-oxoacids has been studied. It has been shown that the factors leading to acceleration of the cathodic reduction of acylchlorides or stabilization of the electrosynthesis intermediates and products, result in increasing oxoacid yields.