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An electrochemical variant of the horner reaction

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Cleavage of the activated C-H bond with the formation of a carbonion occurs in the electrolysis of α-substituted phosphonates on platinum or vitreous carbon cathodes. The reaction of the carbanion with carbonyl compounds leads to satisfactory yields of olefins.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 172–174, January, 1989.

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Niyazymbetov, M.E., Petrosyan, V.A., Keitel, I. et al. An electrochemical variant of the horner reaction. Russ Chem Bull 38, 159–160 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00953722

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