a Electrochemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517 502, India b Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Ministry of Defence, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad 500 058, India
Abstract:
Benzathine is prepared in good yields from cyanobenzene by a combination of electrochemical hydrogenation and Kolbe electrolysis using nickel and platinum electrodes in the presence of methanolic sodium methoxide in an undivided cell.