Kinetics of Anodic Dissolution of Some Metals in Electrolytes Based on Complexes of Triethylaluminum with Alkali Metal Fluorides and Tetraethylammonium Chloride

The dissolution kinetics of M* anodes (M* = Al, Cd, Sn, Sb, Bi) during electrolysis of molten complexes MAl₂Et₆] (M = Na, K, Rb, Et₄N; = F, Cl) is studied. Parallel dissolution paths are discovered: through a limiting discharge of electrolyte components and through a limiting electrooxidation of adatoms and clusters of M* present at the electrode surface. Substantiated is a mechanism of electrosynthesis of ethyl derivatives M*Et _n involving the formation of adsorbed complexes (M*Et_{1 k n – 1})_ads via the scheme AlEt₄ ^– + M* – e M*(Et)_ads + (AlEt₃); M*(Et)_ads + (AlEt₄ ^–) – e = M*(Et₂)_ads + (AlEt₃); ...; M*(Et _{n – 1})_ads + (AlEt₄ ^–) – e AlEt₃ + M*Et _n .