VII.— Electrolytic Synthesis of Dibasic Acids
Forty years ago Kolbe showed that a strong aqueous solution of potassium acetate, when subjected to the influence of the electric current, is decomposed with formation of the following products. At the anode a gaseous mixture is evolved which consists chiefly of carbonic acid and ethan; while at the...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0080456800037704 2024-03-03T08:43:33+00:00 VII.— Electrolytic Synthesis of Dibasic Acids Brown, Alexander Crum Walker, James 1892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800037704 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800037704 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 36, issue 1, page 211-224 ISSN 0080-4568 2053-5945 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 1892 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800037704 2024-02-08T08:35:53Z Forty years ago Kolbe showed that a strong aqueous solution of potassium acetate, when subjected to the influence of the electric current, is decomposed with formation of the following products. At the anode a gaseous mixture is evolved which consists chiefly of carbonic acid and ethan; while at the cathode hydrogen escapes, and potassium hydrate is formed in the solution. When dilute solutions of the same substance are electrolysed under similar conditions, the decomposition products at the cathode are the same as in the previous case, but at the anode the gas evolved is now oxygen, and free acetic acid makes its appearance in the solution. The difference between the two cases must, on modern views of electrolysis, be attributed to the occurrence of secondary reactions. The primary process is in all cases the transference of the electrically-charged submolecules or ions to the corresponding poles, where they lose their charges, and thereby become capable of reacting with one another or with neighbouring molecules. As a general rule they are, when discharged, themselves incapable of independent existence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Carbonic acid Cambridge University Press Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 36 1 211 224 |
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Forty years ago Kolbe showed that a strong aqueous solution of potassium acetate, when subjected to the influence of the electric current, is decomposed with formation of the following products. At the anode a gaseous mixture is evolved which consists chiefly of carbonic acid and ethan; while at the cathode hydrogen escapes, and potassium hydrate is formed in the solution. When dilute solutions of the same substance are electrolysed under similar conditions, the decomposition products at the cathode are the same as in the previous case, but at the anode the gas evolved is now oxygen, and free acetic acid makes its appearance in the solution. The difference between the two cases must, on modern views of electrolysis, be attributed to the occurrence of secondary reactions. The primary process is in all cases the transference of the electrically-charged submolecules or ions to the corresponding poles, where they lose their charges, and thereby become capable of reacting with one another or with neighbouring molecules. As a general rule they are, when discharged, themselves incapable of independent existence. |
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