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The reductive dimerization of acrylonitrile on the mercury cathode

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    Adiponitrile is formed by reduction of acrylonitrile on the mercury cathode in water-dioxane solutions.

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    The mechanism of hydrodimerization is discussed on the basis of a study of the behavior of acrylonitrile on the flowing mercury electrode at concentrations ranging up to 1.4 M.

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  1. Institute of Electrochemistry, Acad. Sci., USSR

    S. I. Zhdanov & L. G. Feoktistov

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On the basis of a decision adopted July 2, 1962 by the board of editors-in-chief of the journals of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, this article is published as the dissertation of L. G. Feoktistov.

The authors wish to thank A. N. Frumkin for his interest in this work, for his advice, and for discussion of the results; they would like to also thank the coworkers directed by L. L. Knots for construction of the apparatus.

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Zhdanov, S.I., Feoktistov, L.G. The reductive dimerization of acrylonitrile on the mercury cathode. Russ Chem Bull 12, 45–48 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846947

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