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Electrolysis of dialkyl ketones in MeOH in the presence of the NaI—NaOH mediator system placed in an undivided cell involves a process analogous to the Favorsky rearrangement of α,α-dihalodialkyl ketones giving rise to methyl esters of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids in 70—75% substance yields and 60—70% current yields.
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Elinson, M.N., Feducovich, S.K., Zaimovskaya, T.A. et al. Electrochemically induced Favorsky rearrangement: transformations of dialkyl ketones into α,β-unsaturated carboxylic esters. Russian Chemical Bulletin 52, 998–1002 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024481216415
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