Decadienedioic acid

Coupling of butadiene with CO2 under electrochemically reducing conditions produces decadienedioic acid, and pentenoic acid, as weU as hexenedioic acid (192). A review article on diene telomerization reactions catalyzed by transition metal catalysts has been pubUshed (193). 

The electrochemical conversions of conjugated dienes iato alkadienedioic acid have been known for some time. Butadiene has been converted iato diethyl-3,7-decadiene-l,10,dioate by electrolysis ia a methanol—water solvent (67). An improvement described ia the patent Hterature (68) uses an anhydrous aprotic solvent and an electrolyte along with essentially equimolar amounts of carbon dioxide and butadiene a mixture of decadienedioic acids is formed. This material can be hydrogenated to give sebacic acid. 

Decadienedioic acid Mean 2 n.d. 0.4 0.05 n.d. Fatty acid oxidation... 

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