title: Electrocatalytic carboxylation of benzyl chlorides at silver cathodes in acetonitrile.
abstract: Silver exhibits powerful electrocatalytic activities towards the reductive carboxylation of benzyl chlorides (RCl): in CO2-saturated CH3CN, reduction of RCl occurs at potentials that are about 0.6 V more positive than those of the same process at Hg or carbon electrodes and gives carboxylic acids in good to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica, Università di Padova, via Loredan 2, 35131 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Abdirisak A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Isse
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gennaro