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A preparative method for synthesis of adipic acid in 47% yield was developed. The method is based on cyclohexanol oxidation in an undivided cell on the NiOOH electrode in aqueous alkali. A possibility of the step-by-step process was studied: oxidation of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone (75% yield) and subsequent oxidation of cyclohexanone to adipic acid (52% yield). The electrosynthesis of adipic acid is accompanied by the formation of minor amounts (up to 10%) of glutaric and succinic acids.
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Lyalin, B.V., Petrosyan, V.A. Electrosynthesis of adipic acid by undivided cell electrolysis. Russian Chemical Bulletin 53, 688–692 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUCB.0000035658.50123.07
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