An indirect method for the electrosynthesis of monochloroamine

An indirect two-stage method for the electrosynthesis of NH₂Cl was elaborated. In the first stage, NH₄Cl was electrolyzed in a nondivided cell in the NaCl (aqueous solution)—CCl₄ heterophase system to give NCl₃ as a solution in CCl₄. Under the optimum conditions, the yield of NCl₃ was 80%, and the current efficiency 60%. In the second stage, the obtained solution reacted with an aqueous solution of NH₃ to give an aqueous solution of NH₂Cl in 50% yield (converted to NH₃). Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2011–2014, October, 1998.