DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF ANIONIC ORGANODIHALOCADMATE(II) COMPLEXES

The tetra-n-propylammonium salts of RCdX2- anions (R = CH3, C2H5, C4H9, CF3, C6H5, C6F5; X = Cl, Br, I) have been prepared by the electrochemical oxidation of cadmium metal. The element forms the sacrificial anode of a cell in which the solution phase is a methanol/benzene mixture containing (C3H7)4NX and RX. Gram quantities of product were obtained by room temperature electrolysis for ca. 5 h. © 1979.