| Abstract: | Published data and the results of the authors' investigations on the electrochemical conversion of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen
oxides and freons into valuable organic products are reviewed. Considerable attention is paid to the probable mechanisms of
such processes, the role and position of the radical-ions and free radicals in them, and the effect of the structure of the
reagents, the electrolysis conditions, and other factors on the composition and yield of the products. The problems of developing
this promising process, which lies at the junction between physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and ecology, are explored.
From the contents of a plenary report at the International Symposium “NATO Workshop on Free Radicals in Biology and Environment”
(Bardolina, Italy, June 21–26, 1996) 1].
L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Teoreticheskaya
i éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 268–283, September–October, 1997. |
