Electrochemical fluorination of some industrially important organic compounds

Abstract

Organo-fluorine compounds are industrially important. Their method of preparation depends on the selection of flourinating agents. Electrochemical fluorination is a widely used induatrial method for obtaining fluoro-organic compounds. electrofluorination, the Philips method or Cave process, and Simon's process. the advantages, cell design, difference in different electrochemical methods and the mechanism in each method are reviewed in detail. The electrochemical synthesis of some induatrially important fluoro-organic compounds, especially amines, nitrogen-containing carboxylic acids, benzene, substituted benzene, heterocyclic compounds, simple carboxylic acids, organo-sulfur compounds and cyclic amino acids ethers, is discussed at length.